Vehicle fenders – Buffer or bumper type – Bumper having impact force absorbing means directly...
Patent
1998-04-20
2000-05-09
Pape, Joseph D.
Vehicle fenders
Buffer or bumper type
Bumper having impact force absorbing means directly...
293132, 293155, 296189, B60R 1934
Patent
active
060593318
ABSTRACT:
A bumper reinforcement structure having a bumper reinforcement which extends along a vehicle transverse direction of a vehicle body and which is disposed at longitudinal direction end portions of side frames disposed along a vehicle longitudinal direction and which has a projecting portion projecting at least one of further upwardly and further downwardly than the longitudinal direction end portions of the side frames. The bumper reinforcement structure includes a load transmitting portion which is not rigidly fixed to the longitudinal direction end portions of the side frames and which, at the time of a collision, applies to the side frames a force in an opposite direction to a direction in which the projecting portion of the bumper reinforcement projects with respect to the side frames. Accordingly, at the time of a collision, a bending moment, which is in a direction of offsetting a bending moment acting on the side frames, is applied to the side frames via the load transmitting portion.
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Pape Joseph D.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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