Patent ID: 6543367
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B61F

Abstract:
A cast truck sideframe comprising:an upper compression member, a lower tension member joined to the compression member by vertical ribs extending from the tension member to the compression member, a pair of opposing side walls joined to the compression member, the junctures between the vertical ribs and the tension member being locally reinforced by increasing the thickness of the sidewalls near the juncture, the lower tension member defining opposing ends, a pair of downwardly extending pedestal jaws located at the opposing ends of the tension member, a pair of diagonally extending support arms extending from the tension member to the pedestal jaws, and a radius defining the juncture between the compression member and each side wall, each side wall defining a lightener hole located in the side wall, the lightener hole having a support rib extending across the lightener hole.