Bumper beam with crush initiating apertures

Details Bumper beam with crush initiating apertures Bumper beam with crush initiating apertures

2005-05-03

2005-05-03

Engle, Patricia L. (Department: 3612)

Vehicle fenders

Buffer or bumper type

Bumper having impact force absorbing means directly...

C293S154000, C293S150000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06886873

ABSTRACT:
A bumper system for vehicles includes a tubular beam having front, top, bottom, and rear walls, and further having open tubular ends. The bumper system further includes a pair of mounting brackets each attached to the rear wall and extending around the associated ends and forwardly to a location where it attaches to the front wall of the one end. One or more crush initiating apertures are formed in one or more of the walls of the ends of the beam to provide more controlled energy absorption upon corner impost so as to reduce or better control damage to the vehicle's frame.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1321655 (1919-11-01), McKee
patent: 1346668 (1920-07-01), Newton
patent: 1484157 (1924-02-01), Plank
patent: 1585782 (1926-05-01), Mascuch
patent: 1632563 (1927-04-01), Sager
patent: 1665320 (1928-04-01), Nutt
patent: 1748096 (1930-02-01), Yanss
patent: 1885435 (1932-11-01), Hammond
patent: 2030978 (1936-02-01), Fortier et al.
patent: 2147745 (1939-02-01), MacKinnon
patent: 3739882 (1973-06-01), Schwenk et al.
patent: 3847428 (1974-11-01), Uebelstadt
patent: 4010969 (1977-03-01), Cantrell et al.
patent: 4022505 (1977-05-01), Saczawa, Jr.
patent: 4252355 (1981-02-01), Goupy et al.
patent: 4328986 (1982-05-01), Weller et al.
patent: 4413856 (1983-11-01), McMahan et al.
patent: 4422680 (1983-12-01), Goupy
patent: 4573724 (1986-03-01), Campen
patent: 4626001 (1986-12-01), Lee
patent: 4998761 (1991-03-01), Bayer et al.
patent: 5080412 (1992-01-01), Stewart et al.
patent: 5290078 (1994-03-01), Bayer et al.
patent: 5306058 (1994-04-01), Sturrus et al.
patent: 5358294 (1994-10-01), Palmer
patent: 5425561 (1995-06-01), Morgan
patent: 5441319 (1995-08-01), Oyama et al.
patent: 5462144 (1995-10-01), Guardiola et al.
patent: 5498045 (1996-03-01), Morgan et al.
patent: 5803517 (1998-09-01), Shibuya
patent: 5829805 (1998-11-01), Watson
patent: 5876078 (1999-03-01), Miskech et al.
patent: 6042163 (2000-03-01), Reiffer
patent: 6082792 (2000-07-01), Evans et al.
patent: 6155633 (2000-12-01), Minami et al.
patent: 6179353 (2001-01-01), Heatherington et al.
patent: 6254161 (2001-07-01), Wochaski
patent: 6318775 (2001-11-01), Heatherington et al.
patent: 6406081 (2002-06-01), Mahfet et al.
patent: 6474709 (2002-11-01), Artner
patent: 6672635 (2004-01-01), Weissenborn et al.
patent: 6695368 (2004-02-01), Weykamp et al.
patent: 6712411 (2004-03-01), Gotanda et al.
patent: 6733055 (2004-05-01), Iino
patent: 20030189344 (2003-10-01), Evans
patent: 0041413 (1981-04-01), None

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Bumper beam with crush initiating apertures does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Bumper beam with crush initiating apertures, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Bumper beam with crush initiating apertures will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3424678