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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
N. Petter Winberg, Hayward, CA (US);
Tom Spencer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sachin Shrimant Sawant, Newark, CA (US);
Malcolm Burgess, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 27/023 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01); B62D 29/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque box for a vehicle includes: first and second clamshells joined to each other at respective top and bottom edges and configured to form at least first and second enclosures with an inner joint in between, the first and second enclosures configured to provide top and bottom shear planes at the top and bottom edges, respectively, and at least first and second shear planes at the inner joint.