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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael von Mayenburg, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Assignee:
Freightliner LLC, Portland, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 2/103 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 2/103 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to vehicle frame rails, preferably of steel, which are formed with a web section which is not of a constant thickness. Preferably, the frame rail is formed by roll forming to produce the variable thickness, although other techniques, such as machining, could be used.