Bumper assembly including twin energy absorbers

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2006-08-08

2006-08-08

Gutman, H (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C296S187090, C293S132000

Reexamination Certificate

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07086690

ABSTRACT:
A bumper system for an automobile vehicle includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a first beam configured to attached to the vehicle and a first energy absorber coupled to the first beam. The first energy absorber is tunable for meeting predetermined criteria for both low speed and pedestrian impacts, and includes a plurality of tunable lobes. The lobes are tuned so that a stiffness of the first energy absorber varies from a center of the first energy absorber to each end.

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