Patent ID: 8181347

Claim:
Geometric conformation unit for a vehicle, comprising: a frame for receiving a vehicle body, two pairs of conformers to be fastened onto the frame symmetrically with respect to a symmetry plane of the vehicle body, each conformer comprising holding means for holding a respective part of the vehicle body next to which said conformer is fastened, each pair of conformers comprising a front conformer for holding a front part of the vehicle body and a rear conformer for holding a rear part of the vehicle body, said conformers forming a rigid shell inside which the vehicle body is held, wherein, at a bottom portion of the shell, each of the conformers is secured to the frame, wherein, at a top portion of the shell, the front conformers are secured to each other and the rear conformers are secured to each other, and wherein the front conformers and the rear conformers are not secured to each other at a top portion of the shell, so that the front conformers are separated from the rear conformers by a continuous free volume at a top portion of the shell.