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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
May. 05, 1998
Angela Renee Golovoy, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kurtis Zetouna, Waterford, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a wholly blow molded light weight bumper system which provides a double walled vertical blow rib for mounting the bumper to a vehicle and a method for making the same. A first surface projects from one of the molds and is perpendicular to the first and second mold halves. In association with the first surface a second surface is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. To create the vertical rib the second surface is moved from the retracted position to the extended position. The second surface thereby pinching the inflated thermoplastic material between the first surface creating a double walled vertical rib substantially perpendicular to the parting line.