Vehicle fenders – Buffer or bumper type – Composite bumper
Patent
1985-07-01
1987-06-09
Reese, Randolph A.
Vehicle fenders
Buffer or bumper type
Composite bumper
293102, 428 31, 428 71, B60R 1903
Patent
active
046715509
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a bumper beam formed of a plurality of elongate sections. The sections are formed of composite material comprising both longitudinal fibers and random fibers embedded within a resin matrix. The longitudinal fibers extend continuously between the opposing ends of the bumper beam with their longitudinal axes being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the beam. The random fibers have their longitudinal axes randomly oriented with respect to the longitudinal axis of the beam. The longitudinal fibers comprise 70-85% of the total weight of the longitudinal and random fibers. The cross-sectional shapes of the sections are such that when subjected to the stresses induced by a collision, the outermost sections will tend to deflect in the lateral direction.
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Press Release dated 2/17/81 "A Light-Weight, Shock-Absorbing Bumper at a Very Low Cost".
Arpi Co.
Reese Randolph A.
Stormer Russell R.
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