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US 9,849,927 B2Granted
Width-adjustable modular heavy goods vehicle, and transverse frame module for a heavy goods vehicle of said type
AssigneeGoldhofer AG
InventorHorst Haefele
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Abstract
A modular heavy goods vehicle (10) comprises a left vehicle module (12) and a differently designed right vehicle module (14), each of which includes a longitudinal frame part (20, 24) and at least two wheel subassemblies (22, 26), and two transverse frame modules (16, 18) which extend in the direction of the width (B) of the vehicle and the free ends of which are releasably connected to the longitudinal frame parts (20, 24), the length of the transverse frame modules being adjustable.
Claims17
A modular heavy goods vehicle comprising:
- a left-hand vehicle module having a left-hand longitudinal frame part that extends in a vehicle length direction (L);
- at least two left-hand wheel assemblies attached one behind the other to the left-hand longitudinal frame part when viewed in the vehicle length direction (L),
- a right-hand vehicle module, which is formed separately from said left-hand module, having a right-hand longitudinal frame part that extends in the vehicle length direction (L);
- at least two right-hand wheel assemblies attached one behind the other to the right-hand longitudinal frame part when viewed in the vehicle length direction (L), and
- two connection units extending in a vehicle width direction (B) as length-alterable cross-frame modules, in which each connection unit has a first end connected to the left-hand longitudinal frame part and a second end connected to the right-hand longitudinal frame part,
- wherein the two connection units are formed separately from both the left-hand longitudinal frame part and the right-hand longitudinal frame part,
- wherein a first of said cross-frame modules is releasably attachable to one longitudinal end of the left-hand and right-hand longitudinal frame parts and an other of said cross-frame modules is releasably attachable to an other longitudinal end of the left-hand and right-hand longitudinal frame parts, and
- wherein the left-hand and right-hand vehicle modules are free of functional elements for providing the length-alterability in a cross-frame direction.
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A modular heavy goods vehicle comprising:
- a left-hand vehicle module having a left-hand longitudinal frame part that extends in a vehicle length direction (L);
- at least two left-hand wheel assemblies attached one behind the other to the left-hand longitudinal frame part when viewed in the vehicle length direction (L),
- a right-hand vehicle module, which is formed separately from said left-hand module, having a right-hand longitudinal frame part that extends in the vehicle length direction (L);
- at least two right-hand wheel assemblies attached one behind the other to the right-hand longitudinal frame part when viewed in the vehicle length direction (L), and
- two connection units extending in a vehicle width direction (B) as length-alterable cross-frame modules, in which each connection unit has a first end connected to the left-hand longitudinal frame part and a second end connected to the right-hand longitudinal frame part,
- wherein the two connection units are formed separately from both the left-hand longitudinal frame part and the right-hand longitudinal frame part,
- wherein a first of said cross-frame modules is releasably attachable to one longitudinal end of the left-hand and right-hand longitudinal frame parts and an other of said cross-frame modules is releasably attachable to an other longitudinal end of the left-hand and right-hand longitudinal frame parts, and
- at least one cross-frame module comprises cross-frame parts that engage in one another in a telescopic manner and enclose a cavity, at least one power unit that causes the length-alteration of the cross-frame module being arranged in the cavity.
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A modular heavy goods vehicle comprising:
- a left-hand vehicle module having a left-hand longitudinal frame part that extends in a vehicle length direction (L);
- at least two left-hand wheel assemblies attached one behind the other to the left-hand longitudinal frame part when viewed in the vehicle length direction (L),
- a right-hand vehicle module, which is formed separately from said left-hand module, having a right-hand longitudinal frame part that extends in the vehicle length direction (L);
- at least two right-hand wheel assemblies attached one behind the other to the right-hand longitudinal frame part when viewed in the vehicle length direction (L), and
- two connection units extending in a vehicle width direction (B) as length-alterable cross-frame modules, in which each connection unit has a first end connected to the left-hand longitudinal frame part and a second end connected to the right-hand longitudinal frame part,
- wherein the two connection units are formed separately from both the left-hand longitudinal frame part and the right-hand longitudinal frame part,
- wherein a first of said cross-frame modules is releasably attachable to one longitudinal end of the left-hand and right-hand longitudinal frame parts and an other of said cross-frame modules is releasably attachable to an other longitudinal end of the left-hand and right-hand longitudinal frame parts, and
- wherein at least one cross-frame module comprises a central cross-frame part having two side portions and two lateral cross-frame parts that surround the side portions of the central cross-frame part and are movable relative thereto.
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