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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2005
Applicant:
Melvin J. Guiles, West Olive, MI (US);
Inventor:
Melvin J. Guiles, West Olive, MI (US);
Assignee:
Shape Corporation, Grand Haven, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle door beam of relatively small profile and high strength. The door beam is fabricated from a web and includes a beam portion and brackets extending from opposite ends of the beam portion. The beam portion includes two lateral portions of the web rolled inwardly into closed configurations, and the two lateral edges of the lateral portions are welded to the beam portion. In an alternative embodiment, a second web is included in the beam portion and is part of both of the closed configurations.