Frame forming member
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKohki Sugawara, Suguru Yoshida, Masakazu Sato
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Abstract
A frame forming member includes a member body formed from an extrudate having a closed sectional structure portion, and a junction for another member, which is integral with the member body and formed by expanding a portion of a peripheral wall of the closed sectional structure portion.
Claims6
The frame forming member comprising a longitudinally extending member body having a closed sectional structure portion and a junction for another member, which is integral with said member body and formed by expanding a portion of a peripheral wall of said closed sectional structure portion, said member body being formed from an extrudate having a non-circular cross-section and having longitudinally extending flanges, wherein said portion of said peripheral wall of said closed sectional structural portion which has been expanded includes one of said longitudinally extending flanges and wherein a region of said flange is removed from said portion of said peripheral wall which has been expanded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.