Patent ID: 7887093
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle chassis comprising: a forward frame rail section; a rear frame rail section spaced apart from the forward frame rail section along a longitudinal axis; and a center frame rail section extending between the forward and rear frame rail sections; wherein a forward portion of the center frame rail section is positioned below the forward frame rail section to form an elongated forward overlapping section, and a rear portion of the center frame rail section is positioned below the rear frame rail section to define an elongated rear overlapping section, and wherein the forward portion of the center frame rail section and a rear portion of the forward frame rail section define a first elongated open space therebetween, and the rear portion of the center frame rail section and a forward portion of the rear frame rail section define a second elongated open space therebetween and, the length of the overlap of both of the forward and rearward overlapping sections being greater than the height of the overlapping frame rails.