Patent ID: 8020926

Claim:
A structural frame assembly for use in a structural vehicular frame, the structural frame assembly comprising: an inner panel comprising a plurality of elongate flange members interconnected with one another at spaced apart positions from one another to define a plurality of openings between the flange members; the flange members of the inner panel being generally flat and being integrally joined with one another so as to define a first common plate of material; an outer panel comprising a plurality of elongate flange members interconnected with one another at spaced apart positions from one another to define a plurality of openings between the flange members; the flange members of the outer panel being generally flat and being integrally joined with one another so as to define a second common plate of material; and a plurality of web members joined between the inner panel and the outer panel such that the inner panel and the outer panel are spaced apart from one another and generally span alongside one another in a common direction of the frame assembly; each of the flange members of the outer panel being joined to a respective one of the flange members of the inner panel in alignment therewith by at least one of the web members coupled between the inner panel and the outer panel.