Patent ID: 7938462

Claim:
A bumper beam for vehicles, comprising a hat beam with a crown formed from a central flange ( 12 ) and two webs ( 13 , 14 ), and side flanges ( 15 , 16 ) extending from the webs, wherein mountings are attached to the hat beam for mounting the hat beam to a vehicle, said hat beam and said mountings being arranged such that said crown faces towards a vehicle to which said hat beam is attached, and a cover ( 17 ) welded to the side flanges to provide the bumper beam with a closed profile, characterised in that the cover ( 17 ) extends past the mountings, but leaves open portions of the hat beam proximate to the ends thereof, and the crown at the open portions of the hat beam has a longitudinal indentation ( 32 ) defining a profile height that diminishes towards the ends of the hat beam.