Patent ID: 7763825
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: B60B,B60G,B66F

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing an axle beam for an industrial vehicle having a beam and a boss, the beam including a tube portion while being supported on a vehicle body, the boss being connected to opposite ends of the beam in a longitudinal direction of the beam for supporting a kingpin, comprising the steps of: determining a cutting line for a staggered arrangement of a plurality of identical beams for fusing a tube material, wherein the cutting line is determined in such a manner that the ends of two coadjacent beams are arranged to vertically overlap relative to the longitudinal direction of the tube material; and fusing the tube material so as to produce the plurality of the identical beams from the tube material in a first manufacturing process; and connecting the boss to the beam in a second manufacturing process.