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US 5,845,948 AGranted
D-section bumper
AssigneeAmerican Bumper & Mfg. Co.
InventorsJeffrey A. Anderson, Robert B. Senior, Gregory J. Filipek
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Abstract
A bumper system for vehicles having a bumper beam formed from ultra high strength steel rolled formed into a tubular body having a generally D-shaped cross-section. The D-shaped cross-section has a top and bottom flat surface area and a parabolic center area therebetween.
Claims9
A bumper system for a vehicle comprising:
- a single beam member constructed of metallic material having a substantially D-shaped cross-section including a planar wall and a substantially semi-circular wall joined to define a unitary hollow interior, wherein the substantially semi-circular wall faces the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.