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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Paul J Eagle, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
James A Cotton, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Anne Ridenour, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Sherry A Feldpausch, Clarkston, MI (US);
Patrick J Gibbons, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jason D Shawver, Waterford, MI (US);
Kristin Godfrey, Roseville, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An arrangement of a frame rail bumper beam combination is provided which has a frame rail for connection with a chassis of an automotive vehicle, and a bumper beam having a tubular cross-sectional shape with a first section connected with the frame rail, and a first upper surface between a front end and a rear end of the bumper beam, and the bumper beam having at least first and second cutouts in the first surface with a web therebetween that causes the rail to plastically deform in the first section of the bumper beam in a crash.