A vehicle frame includes an outside rail section having an upper flange, a lower flange, and an inward facing cavity between the upper and lower flanges. An inside rail section is coupled along the upper and lower flanges of the outside rail section and has an outward facing cavity that aligns with the inward facing cavity to enclose an interior volume. A pair of hydroform tubes extending vertically through apertures at spaced longitudinal locations in the upper flange and engage a bottom surface of the inward cavity to define a pillar for supporting a vehicle roof.


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    Title :

    Vehicle frame rail and pillar connection


    Contributors:
    CRAIG RYAN (author) / BALZER JASON SCOTT (author) / MAHADEVAN KUMAR (author) / GAO ZHENYAN (author) / ZHOU YUAN (author)

    Publication date :

    2015-09-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge



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