The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Simon Frank, Tengen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/902 ;
Abstract
A bumper for a vehicle having an extruded light metal alloy hollow section with section walls in the form of a compressive strut and a tensile strut which are spaced apart and a pair of transverse walls joining them. In the interior of the hollow section there is a reinforcing bead provided on at least one of the transverse walls and/or on one of the section walls joining them. This bead is situated in at least one corner region between a transverse wall and the section wall joining them, the latter of which may preferably be a section inner wall facing the vehicle.