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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Masuda Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296188 ; 296187 ; 296189 ;
Abstract
A synthetic resin foam is applied to an outer or inner peripheral surface reinforcing member such as a steering hanger member made of a steel pipe and secured to a vehicle body of an automobile to reinforce the vehicle body. The steering hanger member includes hanger beams made of a steel pipe and connected to left and right front pillars of the vehicle body. Thus, it is possible to obtain a reinforcing member structure for the vehicle body at a low cost, which is capable of effectively enhancing the rigidity of the reinforcing member, while suppressing an increase in weight to the utmost.