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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:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoichi Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor, Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296189 ; 296188 ; 29620302 ;
Abstract
An elongated vehicle member including a front portion having a first polygonal cross section with vertexes, a rear portion having a second polygonal cross section with less vertexes than the vertexes of the first polygonal cross section and connected to a vehicle body, and an intermediate portion connecting the front portion to the rear portion. The intermediate portion includes a transitional portion having a transitional surface for gradually changing a cross section from the first polygonal cross section to the second polygonal cross section. A reinforcement extends forward from the rear portion across the transitional surface to the front portion.