Chassis frame packaging cavity loading method
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1. A method of assembling a vehicle chassis, the method comprising:
- providing a vehicle chassis structural frame defining a plurality of packaging cavities having openings facing in different directions;
providing vehicle hardware components; and
mounting at least some of respective ones of the vehicle hardware components toward respective openings in the respective packaging cavities from respective ones of the different directions.
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Abstract
A method of assembling a vehicle chassis includes providing a vehicle frame having a plurality of packaging cavities opening in a plurality of different directions, mounting vehicle hardware components toward openings in the packaging cavities and installing the vehicle hardware components into operative positions in their packaging cavities. The installation of the vehicle hardware components and their respective packaging cavities may be arranged to make the components removable from the frame in respective ones of the different directions.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of assembling a vehicle chassis, the method comprising:
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providing a vehicle chassis structural frame defining a plurality of packaging cavities having openings facing in different directions;
providing vehicle hardware components; and
mounting at least some of respective ones of the vehicle hardware components toward respective openings in the respective packaging cavities from respective ones of the different directions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of assembling a vehicle having a body and a chassis comprising:
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providing structural elements formed into a frame having opposed frame faces;
mounting vehicle hardware components toward at least one of the frame faces from one direction to form a chassis, wherein the vehicle hardware components form at least two of a braking system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals, a steering system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals and an energy conversion system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals; and
mounting vehicle body components toward the opposed frame face from another direction to form a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method of assembling vehicle chassis, the method comprising:
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providing a first vehicle chassis frame having opposed faces, providing a first selection of vehicle hardware components, wherein the vehicle hardware components form at least two of a braking system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals, a steering system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals and an energy conversion system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals, and mounting the first selection of vehicle hardware components toward one face of the first frame from one direction; and
providing a second vehicle frame, wherein the second vehicle frame is substantially identical to the first vehicle frame, providing a second selection of vehicle hardware components, wherein the vehicle hardware components form at least two of a braking system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals, a steering system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals and an energy conversion system that is responsive to nonmechanical control signals, and mounting the second selection of vehicle hardware components toward one face of the second frame from said one direction;
wherein the configuration of at least one of the components of the first selection of vehicle hardware components is sufficiently different than the configuration of at least one of the components in the second selection of vehicle hardware components such that the first selection is different than the second selection. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of assembling a vehicle chassis, the method comprising:
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providing a vehicle chassis structural frame defining a plurality of packaging cavities having openings facing in different directions including at least two substantially opposed directions and another direction substantially normal to the opposed directions, wherein the frame has opposed faces separated by a circumambient face;
providing vehicle hardware components including braking system components, steering system components and energy conversion system components, wherein the vehicle hardware components form a braking system, a steering system and an energy conversion system, wherein each of said systems is responsive to nonmechanical control signals;
mounting at least some of the respective ones of the vehicle hardware components toward respective openings in the respective packaging cavities from respective ones of the different directions through a selected one of any of the faces; and
installing said at least some of the respective ones of the vehicle hardware components into operative positions in their respective packaging cavities, wherein the installation of at least some of the vehicle hardware components and their respective packaging cavities are arranged to make those components removable from the frame in respective ones of the different directions.
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