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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald G. Graber, Garden City, MI (US);
Frisco B. Borrero, Lake Orion, MI (US);
James Stewart Green, Flesherton, CA;
Assignee:
Trim Trends Co., LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 ;
Abstract
A door intrusion beam is of laminated construction and has a base metal stamping with end flanges, with the base metal stamping being of an inverted generally U-shaped cross section. Slidable and nested on the base metal stamping are a plurality of slidable and stackable elongated plastic elements each having a generally M-shaped configuration. The first plastic element next to the metal stamping and all stackable elongated plastic elements are secured together by layers of adhesives where surfaces contact one another. The plastic elements are of varying length.