Patent ID: 6047988
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B60G,B62D

Abstract:
An automotive frame assembly having a casting for attaching a vehicle component to a frame rail, the frame assembly comprising:a frame rail having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer surface and an inner surface; anda casting having a horizontal flange secured to said top surface of said frame rail, a first vertical wall secured to said outer surface of said frame rail, a first attachment location formed on a forward end of said first vertical wall, a second attachment location formed on a rearward end of said first vertical wall, and a third attachment location intermediately disposed between said first and second attachment locations and having a pair of flanges which extend vertically upwardly from said horizontal flange and are spaced part by a second vertical wall, each of said pair of flanges having an arcuate recess formed in an outboard edge thereof below said third attachment location said first, second and third attachment locations providing a location to operably couple a vehicle component to said frame rail.