Motor vehicle chassis

520,639. Vehicle undercarriages. PORSCHE, F. Oct. 26, 1938, No. 30941. Convention date, Nov. 12, 1937. [Class 108 (ii)] [Also in Group XXXI] A vehicle chassis comprising a frame with lateral and rearwardly projecting arms providing bearings for swinging levers or half axles acted upon by torsion springs and constructed of two channel-like pressings connected along a horizontal plane as described in Specification 437,633, is constructed with only the longitudinal central frame member, and in some cases also the longitudinal projections, constituted as two channel-like pressings united in a horizontal plane, the laterally projecting arms or supports being separate parts connected to the longitudinal central frame. By this construction lighter press tools can be used in the production. A rear engined chassis is shown in Fig. 1 with the central frame 1 built up of two sections a, b, Fig. 3, connected at 30. The transverse members 2, 21 supporting bearings 5 for the arms of the steering wheels are attached to the frame 1 by a clip 32 and house the torsion springs for the wheels. The transverse member 4 supports bearings for the members 12, 121 carrying the rear axes 13, 13' and houses torsion springs ; it passes through and is welded in the frame 1. The transverse member 3 supporting the body is welded in a recess in the upper members of the frame 1. The engine and transmission gear are supported on the member 4 and frame 1. The frame is apertured at 34 for the control members and at 36 for the brake transmission.