Patent ID: 7036870
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A bus comprising: a chassis supported on front and rear wheels and including a box frame for supporting construction of a body; and a body constructed from a plurality of standardized body modules on the box frame, the standardized body modules being selected from a plurality of types of standardized body modules; the types of standardized body modules including an overwheel module type with the body including a first overwheel module positioned longitudinally along the chassis over the rear wheels, and, in a non-conventional bus, including a second overwheel module positioned longitudinally along the chassis over the front wheels; and the types of standardized body module types further including multipositional standardized body module types each of which are positionable at more than one longitudinal location along the chassis, excluding over wheel locations, in one or more iterations, the types of multipositional standardized body modules including, the body including one or more modules selected from the multipositional standardized body types; and a selected one from a set of standard front end closures including a first for conventionally configured busses, a second for rear engine busses and a third for front engine busses positioned to enclose the body at its front end.