| 摘要 |
A load bearing planar space frame structure assembly (1) for a unibody panel structure of a vehicle comprises a planar space frame core (2) mounted onto the bottom side of a load bearing face panel (3). The space frame core (2) is a three-dimensional truss-like structure made of sheet metal or linear extrusions, and may be viewed as a series of adjacent triangular prisms that extend traverse to the plane of the face panel (3), wherein the triangular prisms have a specific pattern of alternating triangular openings on each of their three lateral faces. For each triangular prism, triangular openings located on the lateral face which is part of a planar layer (8) are alternating right triangles (4a) placed two by two to form rectangular units. The right triangles (4a) thereof are also arranged to have the edges on each side of the right angles aligned with the edges of the planar layer (8). The triangular openings located on the two inclined lateral faces of each triangular prism, are alternating isosceles triangles (4b) placed two by two to form rhomboid units. The combination of features of the planar space frame-like structure provides the functionalities of a structural member of a vehicle chassis or unibody construction with the functionalities of a structural and functional housing for vehicle components. |
