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US 10,330,168 B2Granted
Bi-rectangular vehicle beam with cellular structure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorTau Tyan
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Abstract
A vehicle beam is provided. The vehicle beam may include an outer tube having four outer walls an inner tube having four inner walls inside the outer tube and a first set and a second set of ribs. The first set of ribs may extend from a midpoint of each inner wall to a midpoint of each outer wall. The second set of ribs may extend from a midpoint of each of the first set of ribs to one corner of the outer tube.
Claims20
A vehicle beam comprising:
- an outer tube having four outer walls an inner tube having four inner walls inside the outer tube;
- a first set of ribs extending from a midpoint of each inner wall to a midpoint of each outer wall;
- and
- a second set of ribs extending from a midpoint of each of the first set of ribs to one corner of the outer tube.
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A bumper support beam for a vehicle comprising:
- four outer walls forming an outer rectangular tube;
- four inner walls forming an inner rectangular tube;
- a plurality of corner ribs disposed between the inner and outer periphery wherein the ribs are arranged to define a plurality of trapezoidal cells;
- and
- a plurality of inner ribs intersecting at a center of each trapezoidal cells and defining plural triangular cells.
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A vehicle structural member comprising:
- four outer walls forming an outer rectangular tube;
- four inner walls forming an inner rectangular tube;
- a first set of corner ribs extending from the outer rectangular tube;
- and
- a second set of corner ribs extending from the inner rectangular tube wherein the first and second set of corner ribs converge to define plural triangular cells.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.