Patent GB-186921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in automobile bodies
IPC: B62D25/00
Filed: 1922-10-03
Abstract: 186,921. Budd Manufacturing Co., E. G., (Assignees of Ledwinka, J.). Oct. 3, 1921, [Convention date]. Bodies. - A sheet-metal closed body structure for automobiles comprises a pair of longitudinal body sills, a sheet-metal tonneau panel connected to the rear thereof, a sheet-metal cowl panel mounted on their forward ends, metal door posts extending upwardly from the sills above the said panels, a metal roof-supporting frame carried by the door posts, and a roof supported thereon. The body sills 37 have curved outer flanges and straight inner flanges 39 and are connected at the rear to brackets 41 connected to the tonneau panel 32, rearwardly extending arms 42 of thebrackets being connected to the tonneau side sills 43. Cross-members 45, 46 connect the sills and carry seat supports 138. The arched cowl panel 30 has a ledge 47 to support the bonnet and a flange 48 to which the shroud pan 49 is secured. A stamping 50 provides a seat for the toe-board supports 51 which are welded to the sills. The sides of the panel are welded beneath the sills, and the rear edges are flanged for connection to the front door posts, which are formed of a cap member 58 and a reinforcing strip 60, the crosssection being reduced as it rises to the top of the cowl-panel, above which the posts are closed by members 74 which are recessed to receive the wind-screen supports 75. The rear upper portion of the panel 30 is turned up at 64 and flanged at 65 to extend above a stuffening bar 66 below the wind-screen. An instrument-board support 67 is secured to the bar 66 and is recessed to receive the board 68, the ends of the support lying behind the strips 60. Beneath the doors the shell is formed of side panels 76, flanges 77 of which are welded to the sills 37; they are flanged at the thresholds and connected to flanges of thresholds strips 62. The central door posts are formed as box girders by two channel members and flanged side members 85 forming stop shoulders for the doors, and are welded to members 62, 76 at the, lower ends. The rear door posts are somewhat similarly formed, and are secured to panels 32 and brackets 41, one side member 95 forming one side of the channel for the window 104. the other side being formed, below the panel top, by an attached angle member 99, and above the panel by a detachable. moulding. The tonneau panel 32 is flanged for attachment to side and rear sills 43, 44, and has inturned flanges 101, 103 at the top, the latter formed over the beading 102 and forming the window rail. The window drops into a well and is supported by across-bar. A window guide 109 extends above the panel 32, and is 'attached to a rear panel 34 which rests on the panel 32 by flanges 101, 116 and a moulding 117. The panel 34 has a flanged opening for a rear window 115 and is bent forward at the top for connection to the roof panel 33 through depressed flanges 120, 121 and a bar 122. The roof panel 33 is supported on cross-ribs 127 connected to longitudinal angle bars 124 secured to the door posts. A drip channel 123 is welded to the members 124, and the sides of the panel are pressed down into the channel. Mouldings 139 extend between the bars 124 and the rear panel, and carry the drip channel and a channel member 141 to receive the window frame. Wooden blocks or backing strips are inserted where required for attachments of upholstery.