US 12,005,956 B2
Body tie-down
Matthew Mortenson, Oshkosh, WI (US); Varun Kandasamy, Oshkosh, WI (US); Kirby Sorensen, Oshkosh, WI (US); Clinton Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US); Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US); Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US); Nicholas Malm, Oshkosh, WI (US); and Jerry Shirley, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,753, filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161854 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 21/09 (2006.01); B62D 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/11 (2013.01) [B62D 21/09 (2013.01); B62D 27/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A body tie-down for a chassis comprising:
a mounting plate configured to fixedly couple with a body frame member with a first plurality of fasteners, each of the first plurality of fasteners comprising a bolt and a collar that are swaged together;
a spring assembly comprising a compression spring and an intermediate fastener that extends through the compression spring, the intermediate fastener that extends through the compression spring extending in a direction perpendicular with the first plurality of fasteners;
a rigid member configured to couple with the mounting plate through the spring assembly to provide a semi-resilient joint between the rigid member and the mounting plate, the rigid member configured to fixedly couple with a frame of the chassis through a second plurality of fasteners, the second plurality of fasteners parallel with the first plurality of fasteners; and
a retainer plate configured to selectively couple and decouple the mounting plate with the rigid member;
wherein the spring assembly is configured to bias the body frame member into direct engagement with the chassis.