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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 29, 2002
Ludger Gehringhoff, Paderborn, DE;
Udo Klasfauseweh, Gütersloh, DE;
Hans-Jürgen Knaup, Bad Lippspringe, DE;
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
A side impact beam to be integrated in a motor vehicle includes at least one elongated bar, which has a trapezoidal cross section and terminates on both ends in ramp-like end portions, wherein the elongated bar has a central web, flanks diverging outwardly from the central web, and flanges connected to the extremities of the flanks, and terminal attachment zones. For manufacturing such a side impact beam, a semifinished flat blank is cut to size of constant width from a sheet metal material band of constant thickness and includes an elongated center portion of constant width and a length which is at least half a length of the blank, wherein the center portion terminates on opposite ends in tongue-shaped end portions.