| CPC B62D 21/16 (2013.01) [B62D 21/03 (2013.01)] | 28 Claims |

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1. An improved air tank cross member (ATCM) deployable in a vehicle chassis, the ATCM comprising:
one or more structural elements comprising:
a tube forming an enclosure for holding a compressed fluid and having mounting extensions on an outer surface of the tube for mounting auxiliary components;
two or more brackets connected to the mounting extensions of the tube, wherein the brackets are designed with one perpendicular face mounted on a bottom face of the tube with respect to another perpendicular face to bolt the ATCM to side-rails of the vehicle chassis;
a pair of end caps disposed at opposite ends of the tube for forming the enclosure, wherein the brackets are attached to the end caps by a fastening means to form a unified mounting geometry, and wherein the arrangement and construction of the structural elements of the ATCM provides for space-saving and weight-saving and increases stiffness value of one or more stiffness parameters of the vehicle chassis.
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