Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bumper beams, rocker panels and methods
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Application No.: US15115895Application Date: 2015-02-13
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Publication No.: US10336271B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Richard Palisse
- Applicant: AUTOTECH ENGINEERING A.I.E.
- Applicant Address: ES Amorebieta-Etxano
- Assignee: AUTOTECH ENGINEERING A.I.E.
- Current Assignee: AUTOTECH ENGINEERING A.I.E.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Amorebieta-Etxano
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- Priority: EP14382049 20140214
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/053128 WO 20150213
- International Announcement: WO2015/121430 WO 20150820
- Main IPC: B60R19/18
- IPC: B60R19/18 ; B21D53/88 ; B60R19/02 ; B21D47/01 ; B21D5/08 ; B21D39/03

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to bumper beams having a closed cross-section, the closed cross-section being formed by one or more metal plates. The metal plates include a plurality of holes and a plurality of projections, wherein the projections engage with corresponding holes to retain the closed cross-section. The present disclosure further relates to rocker panels having a closed cross-section, the closed cross-section being formed by one or more metal plates, and the metal plates including a plurality of holes and a plurality of projections, wherein the projections engage with corresponding holes to retain the closed cross-section. The present disclosure further relates to methods of manufacturing such bumper reinforcing members and rocker panels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170158151A1 BUMPER BEAMS, ROCKER PANELS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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