US Patent Issued to Shape on Dec. 23 for "Multi-tubular beam for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,703, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Shape Corp. (Grand Haven, Mich.).

"Multi-tubular beam for a vehicle" was invented by Douglas S. Baas (Zeeland, Mich.), Joseph R. Matecki (Allendale, Mich.) and Shawn R. Jasman (Coopersville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-tubular beam for a vehicle, such as a vehicle structure or a bumper reinforcement, includes an elongated beam formed with a metal sheet. The metal sheet has a central section and outer sections extending along a length of the metal sheet. The outer sections are disposed in opposing directions from the outer edges of the central section to provide adjacent first a...