Patent ID: 8857852

Claim:
A beam member for a vehicle comprising: a cylindrical beam main body that is formed by rolling a plate-shaped member; a first end portion and a second end portion of the beam main body in which respective end surfaces oppose and partially abut to each other in a circumferential direction of the beam main body; a slit portion of the beam main body formed by a gap between the first and second end portions at a central portion of the beam main body in an axial direction of the beam main body; a first welded portion and a second welded portion of the beam main body that join abutting portions of the respective end surfaces of the first end portion and the second end portion to each other so as to sandwich the slit portion therebetween in the axial direction; and a bracket member that straddles the first end portion and the second end in the circumferential direction to be welded to an outer surface of the beam main body so as to cover the slit portion between the first welded portion and the second welded portion in the axial direction.