Multi-piece roof with reinforcement
View Patent ↗A roof for a sleeper compartment truck is built from a plurality of pieces of manageable size while minimizing the required labor and waste of material required for construction.
1. A motor vehicle cab comprising:
a cab shell;
first and second roof shell sections, each of the first and second roof shell sections having an interior surface and a substantially straight end edge, with the end edges being disposed side by side;
a C-section trough formed along the end edge of the first roof shell section, the C-section being depressed with respect to and open in the direction of the interior surface of the second roof shell section; and
the C-section trough being disposed adjacent the interior surface of the second roof shell section inwardly from the end edge of the second roof shell section and forming with the second roof shell section a box frame element running from side to side of the cab shell.
2. The motor vehicle cab of claim 1 , further comprising:
the first roof shell section being aft of the second roof shell section.
3. The motor vehicle cab of claim 2 , further comprising:
left side, right side and rear edges to the first roof shell section;
left side and right side sections supporting the first roof shell section from under the left and right side edges of the first roof shell section, respectively;
a rear wall supporting the first roof shell section along its rear edge of the first roof shell section;
left and right side edges to the second roof shell section meeting at a forward end of the second roof section; and
left side and right side leading sections supporting the second roof section along the left and right sides thereof, respectively.
4. The motor vehicle cab of claim 3 , further comprising:
an aft roof supplemental reinforcement section for the first roof shell section applied to the interior surface of the first roof shell section, the aft roof supplemental reinforcement section including at least a first channel element for forming with the first roof shell section a box section beam.
5. The motor vehicle cab of claim 3 , further comprising:
a forward roof supplemental reinforcement section for the second roof shell section applied to the interior surface of the second roof shell section, the aft roof supplemental reinforcement section including at least a first channel element for forming with the second roof shell section a box section beam.
6. The motor vehicle cab of claim 3 , further comprising:
left and right side supplemental reinforcement sections for the left and right side sections, respectively, the left and right supplemental reinforcement sections being applied to the interior surfaces of the left and right side sections, respectively, the left and right side supplemental reinforcement sections, each including at least a first channel element for forming with the respective side section a box section beam.
7. The motor vehicle cab of claim 3 , further comprising:
a rear wall supplemental reinforcement section for the rear wall, applied to the interior surface of the rear wall and including at least a first channel element for forming with the rear wall a box section beam.