what does'Trust plate' mean? 1

• May 4, 2007

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TVP

Materials

Apr 12, 2002

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I believe that the word should have been "truss" not "trust". A truss is an engineering term for a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional structure that features various members (beams, struts, etc.) connected at nodes, and the whole structure being fully constrained. Look at any engineering statics book for more information.

 

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• Jun 6, 2007

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JsTyLz

Automotive

Jun 5, 2007

71

RO

I agree truss plate, but not sure about automotive application. Truss plates are used in civil engineering to connect to members, generally two 2x4's or more at one seam. It is a sheet metal plate with many pierced holes, whose pierced material is intentionally left sharp and protruding out of one side. Then the "seam" of members joined together with a series of miter cuts, and the trus plate is pounded into all of them, making one fixed truss joint.

Hope this helps, but not relating to auto sorry

 

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• Jun 6, 2007

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GregLocock

Automotive

Apr 10, 2001

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Could be thrust plate.

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• Jun 6, 2007

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dbooker630

Materials

Apr 16, 2004

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I also agree with GregLocock that it should be a thrust plate, since it is an automotive application.

 

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• Sep 19, 2007

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daubery

Automotive

Sep 2, 2003

45

TH

It certainly struck me as meaning "thrust plate".

Some of the Asian scholars have tended to mis-pronounce 'thrust' as 'truss', & this has probably carried over. There are a few other quaint ones.

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