Structural shape (beam) especially for ramming protection in side doors and walls of motor-vehicle bodies
US4919473A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 1987 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60J5/0444
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A beam or girder in a side wall or door of a passenger motor vehicle and adapted to provide resistance to lateral collision has a compression flange thereof provided with openings in the form of bores and/or notches so that brittle fracture of the beam can be avoided when the elastic limit is exceeded.
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