US 11,351,823 B2Granted

Hybrid towing bumper beam assembly

AssigneeSabic Global Technologies B.V.

InventorsRatnesh Khandelwal, Dinesh Munjurulimana

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Abstract

Hybrid energy absorbing assembly for attachment to a vehicle for a vehicle, comprising a bumper beam comprising a plastic material; and a towing assembly, wherein the towing assembly comprises a metal insert. The invention also relates to a metal insert for such a hybrid energy absorbing assembly. Moreover, the invention relates to a vehicle provided with such a hybrid towing bumper beam assembly, wherein the metal insert is connected to a body-in-white of the vehicle. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing such a hybrid towing bumper beam assembly for a vehicle, the method comprising placing the metal insert in a mold; introducing molten thermoplastic material, to a mold to in site form the energy absorbing assembly and thus overmolding the metal insert with the thermoplastic material, thereby embedding the metal insert in the bumper beam.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A hybrid energy absorbing assembly for attachment to a vehicle for a vehicle, comprising:

a bumper beam comprising a plastic material, wherein the bumper beam comprises a first end portion and a second end portion and a center portion contiguous with and oriented between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein the center portion comprises a front side and a back side;
a towing assembly, wherein the towing assembly comprises a metal insert;
a first crash can extending from the first end portion of the bumper beam, the first crash can including a cavity formed by sides extending from a first attachment face, with a first protrusion projecting forward from the attachment face toward the front side of the bumper beam, and the first crash can extending behind the back side of the bumper beam at the first end portion;
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a second crash can extending from the second end portion of the bumper beam, the second crash can including a cavity formed by sides extending from a second attachment face, with a second protrusion projecting forward from the front side of the bumper beam, and the second crash can extending behind the back side of the bumper beam at the second end portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/469,952Filed 15 Dec 2017
Priority: IN 20164104308216 Dec 2016
Published: US 2019/0359019 A128 Nov 2019
Granted: 7 Jun 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B60D 1/565
Securing to the vehicle bumper: having an eyelet
B60D 1/243
Characterised by arrangements for particular functions: for protection in case of crash, collision, impact or the like
B60D 1/485
Characterised by the mounting: mounted by means of transversal members attached to the frame of a vehicle
B60D 1/488
Characterised by the mounting: mounted directly to the chassis of the towing vehicle