Patent ID: 6886884
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: B60N,B62D

Abstract:
1. A body-on frame apparatus for a vehicle, the body-on-frame apparatus comprising: a vehicle frame adapted for receiving a vehicle body; a vehicle body mounted on the frame in a spaced relationship thereto and including a localized area that is downwardly deflectable when an operating load is applied to the localized area of the body; and a load bearing structure operatively attached to the localized area of the body for applying the operating load to the localized area; the localized area of the body forming a localized substantially vertical gap between the frame and the localized area of the body, when the body is mounted on the frame in a spaced relationship thereto, that closes and allows the localized area of the body to contact the vehicle frame for resisting further localized deflection of the localized area of the body when the operating load is applied to the localized area of the body; and wherein the load bearing structure includes a passenger seating structure, and the operating load is applied to the seating structure.