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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Otto Buschsieweke, Paderborn, DE;
Andreas Hitz, Erwitte, DE;
Mirko Paare, Paderborn, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A door impact beam for a motor vehicle includes a formed metal sheet defined by a longitudinal axis and having a tubular cross section which has a closed circumference in a center portion of the metal sheet, and is configured with open circumference at both end portions of the metal sheet which adjoin the center portion in a direction of the longitudinal axis. Each end portion is defined by an opening angle which continuously increases from the center portion to respective ends of the end portions.