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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dieter Töpker, Paderborn, DE;
Achim Kröning, Paderborn, DE;
Assignee:
Benteler AG, Paderborn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 1/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 1/08 ;
Abstract
A side impact beam for motor vehicles has a profiled section of sheet metal having a length in a longitudinal direction and having a cross-sectional shape over most of the length. The cross-sectional shape has at least one cross-sectional portion comprised of a stay extending in the longitudinal direction, a first leg and a second leg connected to opposite longitudinal sides of the stay, a first flange connected to a free end of the first leg, and a second flange connected to a free end of the second flange. At least one tension element connects the first and second legs.