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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Takabatake, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
NEO-EX Lab. Inc., Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296187 ; 296901 ;
Abstract
A support structure for supporting a foamable material in a cavity of a hollow structural member so that the foamable material blocks the cavity of the hollow structural member when it is foamed by external heating. The support structure includes a support member disposed in the cavity so as to be perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cavity and adapted to retain the foamable material in such a manner that at least one side surface of the foamable material is restrictively covered by the support member, and an engagement pin integrally provided on the support member and adapted to engage an aperture formed in the hollow structural member.