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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald E Malen, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296197 ; 296204 ; 296 / ;
Abstract
A vehicle body floor pan assembly includes a pair of longitudinally extending floor pan units comprised of longitudinally arranged vertical load reacting non-axisymmetric membrane panels which are longitudinally connected by a central tunnel member having a catenary shape upper wall which reacts to the vertical loads applied to the membrane panels.