US 12,473,028 B2
Vehicle chassis crossmember apparatuses and methods thereof
Victor Nguyen, Portland, OR (US); Mahesh Sridhar, Bangalore (IN); Bryan Morriss, Portland, OR (US); and Reto Haggenmueller, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC, Portland, OR (US)
Appl. No. 18/841,999
Filed by DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC, Portland, OR (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 1, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/014230
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 27, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/167896, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/315,193, filed on Mar. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0178670 A1, Jun. 5, 2025
Int. Cl. B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/02 (2013.01) [B62D 21/12 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter plate apparatus, comprising:
an upper adapter plate component comprising a first substantially planar exterior surface, a first substantially convex interior surface extending along a longitudinal axis of the upper adapter plate component, and a first set of holes extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the upper adapter plate component;
a lower adapter plate component comprising a second substantially planar exterior surface, a first substantially convex interior surface extending along a longitudinal axis of the lower adapter plate component, and a second set of holes extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the lower adapter plate component; and
wherein each hole of the first set of holes is located so as to be aligned with one of the second set of holes when the upper and lower adapter plate components are received by first and second crossmember components of a vehicle chassis crossmember apparatus, respectively.