Motor vehicle joint

Claim 2

A joint for a motor vehicle body integral construction including first and second crossed, elongated frame members, said frame members adapted to carry panel members, a sheet metal jointer having arms, said arms secured to and connecting the two said frame members, said jointer comprising a plate which extends across the two frame members, at least one of said frame members being made of sheet metal and having flanges on its edges and having a top-hat cross section, and a closing plate secured across the said flanges of the said frame member, said closing plate having a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures in it to provide access to the interior of the said first frame member, at least one of said frame members being cooperatively received by flanges on the edges of said jointer.

Claim 3

A joint as claimed 1 in which each arm of the jointer has longitudinally spaced apertures in it to provide access to the interior of the frame member.

Claim 4

A joint as claimed in claim 2 in which at least some of the said apertures are of similar size to each other and are spaced at a uniform pitch distance from one another.

Claim 5

A joint for a motor vehicle body integral construction including first and second crossed elongated frame members to which panel members are adapted to be attached, a jointer connecting the two said frame members, said jointer comprising a plate which extends across the two frame members, rivets joining the jointer to the said two frame members, the jointer having at least two generally planar arms, each arm having flanges extending substantially normal to the plane of the arm so that each said arm is channel-shaped in cross section, at least one of said frame members being cooperatively received by said flanges, the jointer also having a projecting, elongated top-hat section extending across its center and projecting from the jointer on the opposite side of the flanges on each arm, in order to stiffen the jointer.

Claim 6

A joint for a motor vehicle body integral construction including first and second crossed elongated frame members to which panel members are adapted to be attached, a jointer connecting the two said frame members, said jointer comprising a plate which extends across the two frame members, rivets joining the jointer to the said two frame members, the jointer having at least two generally planar arms, each arm having flanges extending substantially normal to the plane of the arm so that each said arm is channel-shaped in cross section, at least one of said frame members being cooperatively received by said flanges, the jointer also having a projecting, elongated top-hat section extending across its center and projecting from the jointer on the opposite side of the flanges on each arm, in order to stiffen the jointer.

Claim 7

A joint as claimed in claim 4 in which the top-hat section of the jointer has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures in it to provide access to the interior of frame members connected by the jointer.

Claim 8

A joint as claimed in claim 4 in which at least some of the said apertures are of similar size to each other and are spaced at a uniform pitch distance from one another.

Claim 9

The joint of claim 4, including, a closing plate secured across the flanges of at least that frame member which is cooperatively received by said flanges on said jointer, said closing plate having a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures in it to provide access to the interior of the said first frame member.