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Process for three-dimensional modeling and design of off-highway dump bodies

  • US 9,529,964 B2
  • Filed: 02/02/2012
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A body of a vehicle for hauling material, the body made by the following process:

  • (a) determining the desired load distribution of weight on a chassis of the haulage vehicle;

    (b) determining the desired volumetric capacity for the body;

    (c) establishing a line for a floor, a line for a front wall of the body and an inside body width;

    (d) developing a three dimensional model of the hauled material carried in the body, including modeling corner voids of the hauled material, using data collected from an anticipated point of use with the three dimensional model of the hauled material having a distribution of weight on the chassis;

    (e) adjusting a set of design parameters of the body until the three dimensional model distribution of weight on the chassis is substantially similar to the desired distribution of weight on the chassis and the volumetric capacity of the body is substantially similar to the desired volumetric capacity, including curving a rear edge of the floor to correspond with rear corner voids in the three-dimensional model; and

    (f) producing the body in accordance with the set of design parameters.

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