Patent ID: 6588535
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B60G,B62D

Abstract:
A vehicular frame assembly for use with a vehicle having a longitudinal axis of symmetry, a pair of front half shafts, a pair of rear half shafts, and a steering assembly, said vehicular frame assembly comprising:a pair of substantially identical frame members each having front and rear tall sectional height portions and a shortest portion having a certain height, wherein each of said front tall sectional height portions has a first aperture and a second aperture and each of said rear tall sectional height portions has a third aperture, said pair of frame members are generally parallel to said longitudinal axis of symmetry of said vehicle and said front and rear tall sectional height portions are two to four times taller in height than said shortest portion, said pair of frame members causing said vehicular frame assembly to have a lowest resonant frequency greater than about twenty hertz; wherein a unique one of said pair of front half shafts is disposed through a unique one of said first apertures, a unique one of said rear half shafts is disposed through a unique one of said third apertures, and said steering assembly is disposed through said second apertures.