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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
John J Glassmeyer, Glenwood, IL (US);
Assignee:
Pullman Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
293150 ;
Abstract
A light weight motor vehicle bumper including a box beam with stress reducing plates affixed within the beam at the central portions of the inner and outer walls of the beam. The stress plates each include a central portion of relatively constant cross-section and end portions of decreasing cross-section which effectively channel and distribute impact loads throughout the beam structure.