Vehicle fenders – Buffer or bumper type – Bumper having impact force absorbing means directly...
Patent
1981-01-21
1983-08-30
Song, Robert R.
Vehicle fenders
Buffer or bumper type
Bumper having impact force absorbing means directly...
293136, B60R 1906
Patent
active
044013329
ABSTRACT:
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an improved bumper construction for an automotive vehicle.
The vehicle has a plurality of bumper mounting stays and a body panel adjacent the stays.
The bumper construction comprises a thin-walled plastic bumper, a reinforcement member mounted to the bumper at an intermediate section thereof adjacent the body panel and a spring member interposed between the reinforcement member and the vehicle body panel. The reinforcement member and the intermediate section of the bumper are adapted to define a closed bumper configuration. The spring member is operatively connected to the reinforcement member and the vehicle body panel such that the intermediate section of the bumper is supported through the spring member by the body panel. The spring member is rigid in the vertical direction to resist vertical movement of the bumper relative to the vehicle body and is resiliently deformable in the horizontal direction to yieldingly resist the horizontal movement of the intermediate section of the bumper toward the vehicle body panel.
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UK Patent Application No. 2,032,575, Published May 8, 1980--Nissan Motor Company.
Kimura Toshimitsu
Ohmura Yutaka
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
Pedder Dennis
Song Robert R.
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