FRAME APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SAME

摘要

A frame apparatus, and process for constructing same, for use in the construction of various vehicles. The apparatus (30) comprises one or more frame members (31, 32), each fabricated from a single longitudinal extrusion, and one or more cross-members (34-48). The frame members include a predetermined number of regions (61-66) softened through a localized heating process. The softened regions are bent to varying radii in predetermined directions relative to the profile of a specific frame configuration and then allowed to harden back toward their presoftened hardness.