Patent ID: 7931315

Claim:
A bumper beam for an automobile comprising two tubular bodies that extend in a longitudinal direction, the two tubular bodies being vertically arrayed as a top tubular body and a bottom tubular body, the two tubular bodies each having a first end section, a second end section, and a center section, the top tubular body extending horizontally in a plane in each of the first end section and the second end section and having an upward projection on an upper surface of the top tubular body in the center section and an upward depression on a lower surface of the top tubular body in the center section, the bottom tubular body extending horizontally in a plane in each of the first end section and the second end section, and having an upward projection on an upper surface of the bottom tubular body in the center section, the upward projection on the upper surface of the bottom tubular body having a projection profile that complements the depression profile of the upward depression on the lower surface of the top tubular body, whereby a contacting surface in the center section of the top and bottom tubular bodies is provided for and at which the top and bottom tubular bodies are joined, the top and bottom tubular bodies being joined together at the first and second end sections.