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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy J Horling, Northville, MI (US);
Kieran P Maloney, Wayland, MI (US);
Robert J DePierre, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Benteler Industries, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296188 ; 296146 ;
Abstract
A vehicle door impact beam having an elongated tubular body and contour cut ends, all portions of the contour cut ends having a moment capacity at least equal to the bending moment. Each contour cut end has a sloping central body and a pair of end transitions straddling the body. This body and the transitions are each characterized by special equations.