Patent ID: 7140108
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: B09B,B29B,B29L,B62D,Y02W,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of designing a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of components, the method of comprising the steps of: determining a disposing process for each component of the motor vehicle, the disposing process. being selectable from a melting process in the case of essentially metallic components including an engine, a transmission, wheel suspension systems and a vehicle body, a shredding process in the case of components made of plastic and thin pieces of metal including an instrument panel, seats, linings, floor mats and bumpers and a renovation process in the case of accessory units including electric units, audio units and meters; selecting the material for individual components such that components that are to be disposed jointly consist of a single material; forming a module with a plurality of components so as to allow the components to be removed from the vehicle body simultaneously as a single module and separate the components from the module outside the vehicle body; and designing connecting parts for joining the module to the vehicle body and for joining two components of the motor vehicle, said components having been determined to be disposed by different disposing processes in the determining step, so as to allow the module to be easily separated from the vehicle body and said two components from each other, wherein the motor vehicle comprises a sub frame disposed in an engine room and having an engine, a transmission, wheel suspension systems and a radiator mounted thereon, the sub frame being attached to a vehicle body via an easily detachable fastener so that the engine and other components may be simultaneously detached from the vehicle body by detaching the sub frame from the vehicle body.