Bumper reinforcing member
US6217089A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04C2003/0456
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A bumper reinforcing member obtained from a tubular article of a closed cross-section. The tubular article is continuously manufactured by folding a first side edge portion of an original metal sheet along a folded-back edge portion and along a folded-in edge portion in this order, bonding a contacting face portion that extends from an edge of the first side edge portion to the folded-back edge portion to an inside of a bumper front face, forming a half of a bumper cross-section by connecting the inside of the bumper front face and the inside of a bumper rear face with a reinforcing rib that extends from the edge of the first side edge portion to the folded-back edge portion, and forming the remaining half of a bumper cross-section by bonding a second side edge portion of the original sheet to a vicinity of the folded-in edge portion.
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