Cargo body with recessed logistics track

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11964704-B2
Application number	US-202318187360-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2023
Priority date	Aug 7, 2018
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

A cargo body panel includes an interior side, an exterior side, a primary recess, a secondary recess positioned within the primary recess, and a logistics track. The interior side defines an interior plane. The exterior side defines an exterior plane. The primary recess includes a primary recess interior side defining a primary recess interior plane and a primary recess exterior side defining a primary recess exterior plane. The primary recess interior plane is recessed from the interior plane in a direction toward the exterior plane. The secondary recess includes a secondary recess interior side defining a secondary recess interior plane and a secondary recess exterior side defining a secondary recess exterior plane. A distance between the secondary recess interior plane and the interior plane is greater than a distance between the primary recess interior plane and the interior plane. The secondary recess exterior plane is non-coplanar with the exterior plane.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cargo body panel comprising:
an exterior side;
an interior side spaced from the exterior side, the interior side facing a cargo receiving volume of a cargo body constructed with the cargo body panel, the interior side including
a pair of outboard side surfaces,
a pair of first transition walls extending from the pair of outboard side surfaces at oblique angles, the pair of first transition walls being closer together than the pair of outboard side surfaces,
a pair of primary recess interior surfaces extending toward one another from the pair of first transition walls,
a pair of second transition walls extending from the pair of primary recess interior surfaces, the pair of second transition walls extending at oblique angles relative to the pair of primary recess interior surfaces, and
a secondary recess interior surface extending between the pair of second transition walls; and

a logistics track coupled to the interior side, the logistics track including lateral portions supported by the pair of primary recess interior surfaces and a central portion spanning the secondary recess interior surface and spaced apart from the secondary recess interior surface,
wherein the cargo body panel is symmetric about a plane bisecting the secondary recess interior surface.

2. The cargo body panel of claim 1 , wherein the pair of primary recess interior surfaces are recessed towards the exterior side.

3. The cargo body panel of claim 2 , wherein the secondary recess interior surface is recessed towards the exterior side further than the pair of primary recess interior surfaces.

4. A cargo body panel comprising:
an exterior side;
an interior side spaced from the exterior side, the interior side facing a cargo receiving volume of a cargo body constructed with the cargo body panel, the interior side including
a pair of outboard side surface,
a pair of first transition walls extending from the pair of outboard side surfaces at oblique angles, the pair of first transition walls being closer together than the pair of outboard side surfaces,
a pair of primary recess interior surfaces extending toward one another from the pair of first transition walls,
a pair of second transition walls extending from the pair of primary recess interior surfaces, the pair of second transition walls extending at oblique angles relative to the pair of primary recess interior surfaces, and
a secondary recess interior surface extending between the pair of second transition walls; and

a logistics track coupled to the interior side, the logistics track including lateral portions supported by the pair of primary recess interior surfaces and a central portion spanning the secondary recess interior surface and spaced apart from the secondary recess interior surface,
wherein a distance between the exterior side and the interior side defines a thickness of the cargo body panel, and wherein the thickness is constant throughout the cargo body panel.

5. The cargo body panel of claim 1 , wherein the exterior side includes a pair of exterior outboard side surfaces and a pair of exterior transition walls extending parallel to the pair of second transition walls, the pair of exterior transition walls extending from the pair of exterior outboard side surfaces at an oblique angle.

6. The cargo body panel of claim 5 , wherein a distance between the pair of outboard side surfaces of the interior side and the secondary recess interior surface is greater than a distance between the pair of outboard side surfaces of the interior side and the pair of exterior outboard side surfaces.

7. The cargo body panel of claim 1 , wherein the central portion of the logistics track is non-coplanar with the lateral portions of the logistics track.

8. The cargo body panel of claim 7 , wherein the central portion of the logistics track is protruded from the lateral portions of the logistics track in a direction away from the secondary recess interior surface.

9. The cargo body panel of claim 1 , wherein the cargo body panel is defined by a continuous, joint-less cross-section.

10. The cargo body panel of claim 1 , wherein the pair of interior side outboard surfaces are coplanar.

11. The cargo body panel of claim 1 , wherein the pair of primary recess interior surfaces are coplanar.

12. The cargo body panel of claim 11 , wherein the secondary recess interior surface is parallel to the pair of primary recess interior surfaces.

13. The cargo body panel of claim 11 , wherein the pair of exterior side outboard surfaces are parallel to the pair of primary recess interior surfaces.

14. A cargo body panel comprising:
an interior side for facing a cargo receiving volume of a cargo body constructed with the cargo body panel, the interior side including
a pair of interior side outboard surfaces,
a pair of first transition walls extending toward one another from the pair of interior side outboard surfaces,
a pair of primary recess interior surfaces extending toward one another from the pair of first transition walls,
a pair of second transition walls extending from the pair of primary recess interior surfaces, and
a secondary recess interior surface extending between the pair of second transition walls;

an exterior side spaced from the interior side, the exterior side including
a pair of exterior side outboard surfaces,
a pair of exterior side first transition walls extending parallel to the pair of first transition walls,
a pair of primary recess exterior surfaces extending toward one another from the pair of exterior side first transition walls,
a pair of exterior side second transition walls extending from the pair of primary recess exterior surfaces, and
a secondary recess exterior surface extending between the pair of exterior side second transition walls; and

a logistics track coupled to the interior side, the logistics track including lateral portions supported by the pair of primary recess interior surfaces and a central portion spanning the secondary recess interior surface and spaced apart from the secondary recess interior surface,
wherein the exterior side is spaced a consistent distance from the interior side throughout the cargo body panel.

15. The cargo body panel of claim 14 , wherein the cargo body panel is symmetric about a plane bisecting the secondary recess exterior surface.

16. The cargo body panel of claim 14 , wherein the central portion of the logistics track is non-coplanar with the lateral portions of the logistics track.

17. The cargo body panel of claim 14 , wherein the secondary recess interior surface is recessed from the pair of primary recess interior surfaces, and wherein the pair of primary recess interior surfaces are recessed from the pair of interior side outboard surfaces.

Assignees

• Sti Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Fenton Gary L

Classifications

• B62D33/046 Primary

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