US 12,269,529 B2
Vehicle frame and cross-member arrangement
Rasanjaya Ankanahalli Ramegowda, Karnataka (IN); and Shreeharsha Akkur Ramabhadraiah, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/785,685
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/050507
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/151657, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202041004355 (IN), filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052999 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 21/03 (2006.01); B60G 11/30 (2006.01); B62D 21/12 (2006.01); B62D 21/16 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B60K 15/063 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/03 (2013.01) [B60G 11/30 (2013.01); B62D 21/12 (2013.01); B62D 21/16 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0636 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/14 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle frame comprising first and second parallel frame rails and multiple cross-members connecting the first and second frame rails, wherein the vehicle frame has at least one cross-member with an integrated fluid tank, wherein the at least one cross-member with integrated fluid tank comprises:
an intermediate tank section with open end portions, wherein each end portion comprises a sealing flange; and
tank end caps removably attached to the intermediate tank section to seal opposite end portions thereof;
wherein each tank end cap comprises an end cap sealing flange facing a corresponding tank sealing flange at opposite end portions of the intermediate tank; and
wherein each tank end cap is provided with a mounting plate facing away from the intermediate tank section, the mounting plate arranged to be attached to one of the first and second frame rails.