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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:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip B Grote, Encinitas, CA (US);
Robbie J Sjostedt, Oregon, WI (US);
Assignee:
Stoughton Composites, Inc., Brodhead, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296187 ; 296181 ; 296191 ; 296901 ; 220-15 ; 220670 ;
Abstract
A vehicle body, such as a truck or trailer body, comprises an intermodal container, or the like, having a lightweight, leakproof, damage resistant and corrosion resistant wall construction. The wall construction includes a sheet-like panel reinforced with vertical stiffeners. The panel and the stiffeners are made of nonmetallic material and the stiffeners are adhesively bonded to the panel. The stiffeners each include an outwardly facing surface having a generally parabolic shape.