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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. 04, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2006
Applicant:
Charles J. Bruggemann, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Charles J. Bruggemann, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/08 (2006.01); B21D 26/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hydroformed tubular member and method of hydroforming the hydroformed tubular member for a vehicle includes the steps of providing a tubular blank and positioning the tubular blank within a die. The method also includes the steps of hydroforming the tubular blank in the die into a tubular member having a generally 'T' shape with a sidewall having a straight length of the sidewall increased from its originally expanded length.