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A truck cab (32) is disclosed as having a lower cab component (38) including a unitary, lower member (46) with a rear wall (48), a floor (50), and a toe panel (52), and as also having an upper cab component (40) including a unitary, upper member (66) having a roof (68), a pair of windshield pillars

A truck cab (32) is disclosed as having a lower cab component (38) including a unitary, lower member (46) with a rear wall (48), a floor (50), and a toe panel (52), and as also having an upper cab component (40) including a unitary, upper member (66) having a roof (68), a pair of windshield pillars (70), and a cowl (72). An upper connection (42) connects an upper end (54) of the rear wall (48) of the lower cab component to the rear end (74) of the roof (68) of the upper component, and a lower connection (44) connects an upper end (64) of the toe panel (52) to the cowl (72) of the upper cab component. The unitary, lower and upper members (44,66) are disclosed as being made by resin transfer molding, compression molding, or sheet metal forming. With a resin transfer molded lower and upper members, an outer roof panel (104) is also utilized to cover the roof (68) of the upper member (66). The compression molded embodiment also has an outer roof panel (110) covering ribs (108) of roof (68) and having windshield pillar portions (114) connected to a cowl portion (115) to cooperate with the compression molded upper member (66) to provide the requisite strength.

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A truck cab comprising: a lower cab component including a unitary, lower member having a rear wall, a floor, and a toe panel; said rear wall having an upper end and also having a lower end from which the floor extends forwardly from a rear end thereof to a front end thereof; and said toe panel havin

A truck cab comprising: a lower cab component including a unitary, lower member having a rear wall, a floor, and a toe panel; said rear wall having an upper end and also having a lower end from which the floor extends forwardly from a rear end thereof to a front end thereof; and said toe panel having a lower end connected to the front end of the floor and having an upper end to which the toe panel extends upwardly and forwardly from its lower end; an upper cab component including a unitary, upper member having a roof, a pair of windshield pillars, and a cowl; said roof having a rear end from which the roof extends forwardly to a front end thereof where the roof is connected at laterally spaced locations to upper ends of the windshield pillars; and said windshield pillars extending downwardly from the laterally spaced upper ends thereof to laterally spaced lower ends thereof which are connected to the cowl; an upper connection that connects the upper end of the rear wall of the lower cab component to the rear end of the roof of the upper cab component; and a lower connection that connects the upper end of the toe panel of the lower cab component to the cowl of the upper cab component.