摘要 |
The present invention provides a space frame for a motor vehicle including a pair of side rail structures, said side rail structures each having an upwardly arch ed portion defining a pair of wheel wells, said space frame further includes first and second connecting structures connected laterally between said side rail structures rearwardly and forwardly, respectively, of said wheel wells, and a cradle assembly comprising a pair of elongated cradle support structures and a pair of U-shaped cradle structures, each U-shaped cradle structure having a pair of leg portions extending from a cross portion, said cradle support structures being laterally spaced and each bein g connected between said first and second connecting structures, said U-shaped cradle structures being longitudinally spaced and each leg portion of said pair of leg portion s of each said U-shaped cradle structure being connected to a respective one of said pair of cradle support structures.
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