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sub-frame

n
(Automotive Engineering) a discreet or hidden part of the structure of a vehicle such as car, aircraft, etc which protects and carries components such as the engine, suspension, etc
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sub-frame

[ˈsʌbfreɪm] N (Aut) → subchasis m
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For example, Hexcel has created localized reinforcements on an aluminum subframe using carbon patches to give the same vibration behavior as a 50% heavier steel subframe.
The model is modified by the automaker's STI engineers and features revised dampers and coil springs, a flexible V-brace in the engine compartment, draw stiffeners added to the chassis and subframe, Brembo four-piston callipers on the front and dual-piston units on the back.
Had to drop the gearbox and subframe from the impact,' King narrated.
Opening the prosecution case last month, James Ageros QC told jurors: "The sign was insecurely fixed on to a wooden subframe, and parts of the subframe were insecurely fixed to each other.
Their Class A, painted injection-molded thin-wall body panels in polypropylene carbon fiber took the most innovative material category and the carbon fiber composite front perimeter subframe prototype won the most innovative process category.
To ease the interframe interference cancelation at the receiver, the entire frame of the 1st stratum is divided into two subframes with the length of N/2 samples each, and flipping of samples is performed on the 2nd subframe before clipping of negative samples is performed.
There is a die-cast, hollow aluminum front subframe developed using know-how from Honda's motorcycle manufacturing.
There are new door seals, and an enhanced sound package includes engine subframe mounts specially tuned to reduce vibration.