Compressed air tank for a truck service body
View Patent ↗A service body mountable on a truck chassis where compressed air tanks are mounted to the service body frame. The compressed air tanks being contained within a mounting envelope defined as the volume between the frame rails of the service body. The mounting envelope further defined as the volume between a first plane formed by the top surface of the service body frame rails and a second plane formed by the bottom surface of the service body frame rails.
1. A service body mountable on a truck chassis frame, said service body comprising:
a service body frame located above a plane defined by a top surface of the truck chassis frame, the service body frame having two or more frame rails, each service body frame rail having a top surface and a bottom surface; and
a tank mounting envelope located between the service body frame rails and a plane defined by the top surface of the service body frame rails and a plane defined by the bottom surface of the service body frame rails.
2. The service body of claim 1 , further comprising:
a truck bed located above the tank mounting envelope.
3. The service body of claim 1 , further comprising:
the tank mounting envelope located forward of a rear axle of the truck chassis.
4. The service body of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of storage cabinets.
5. A service body mountable on a truck chassis, said service body comprising:
a service body frame with two or more service body frame rails, each service body frame rail having a top surface and a bottom surface;
a compressed air tank mounting envelope located between the two or more of the service body frame rails and between a plane defined by the top of the service body frame rail and the bottom of the service body frame rail;
a truck bed located above the compressed air tank mounting envelope.
6. The service body of claim 5 further comprising:
at least one compressed air tank contained within the compressed air tank mounting envelope.
7. The service body of claim 6 further comprising:
the at least one compressed air tank being mounted to the service body frame.
8. The service body of claim 1 further comprising:
one or more tanks contained within the tank mounting envelope.
9. The service body of claim 8 , further comprising the one or more tanks including a compressed air tank.
10. The service body of claim 8 , further comprising:
the one or more tanks being located above the truck chassis frame.
11. The service body of claim 8 , further comprising:
the one or more tanks being mounted to the service body.
12. The service body of claim 8 , further comprising:
the one or more tanks being mounted to the service body frame.
13. The service body of claim 8 , further comprising:
the one or more tanks being mounted to the service body frame rails.
14. A service body mountable on a truck chassis, the service body comprising:
service body frame rails configured for connection to the truck chassis; and
a tank mounting envelope located between the service body frame rails and within a top and a bottom plane defined, respectively, by a top and a bottom of the service body frame rails.
15. The service body of claim 14 , further comprising:
at least one compressed air tank located within the tank mounting envelope.
16. The service body of claim 15 , further comprising:
the at least one compressed air tank being located above the truck chassis frame.
17. The service body of claim 16 , further comprising:
the one or more tanks being mounted to the service body.
18. The service body of claim 14 , further comprising:
a truck bed located above the tank mounting envelope.
19. The service body of claim 14 , further comprising:
the tank mounting envelope located forward of a rear axle of the truck chassis.
20. The service body frame of claim 14 further comprising:
the service body frame rails located above a plane defined by a top surface of a frame of the truck chassis.