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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:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Josip Vlahovic, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Assignee:
Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, Weissach, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296204 ;
Abstract
A center tunnel for a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, has a section shape that is open at the bottom and has sections in the form of hollow members that are directed lengthwise, at least areawise. A center tunnel that has a simple design and can be manufactured economically, and which is torsionally rigid and can accept high forces, is formed by a double-walled hollow body manufactured by the internal high-pressure shaping method, viewed in cross section, with spaced wall sections of the hollow body being brought together areawise.