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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bjorn O. Svartz, Jamestown, NC (US);
Brian J. Hocart, Summerfield, NC (US);
Assignee:
Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 2/111 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 2/111 ;
Abstract
In an over the highway vehicle, a frame including a pair of elongate frame rails and a plurality of cross members is disclosed. One of the rails includes an integrally formed bracket projecting laterally. The bracket is adjacent a rail aperture formed by cutting the one rail to define the bracket and after such cutting bending the bracket out of a plane of the one rail.