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US 12,109,962 B2Granted
Reconfigurable vehicle bumper ends
AssigneeCanoo Technologies Inc.
InventorsAnthony Aquila, Richard Kim, Arthur Henrique Martins Junior, Jackson Eric Luttig, Senon Franco, Mark Smith
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Abstract
A multi-purpose vehicle includes reconfigurable bumper ends each including a vehicle bumper end body configured to securely attach to a vehicle bumper and extend along a side of a vehicle on which the vehicle bumper is mounted. A socket formed within the vehicle bumper end body is configured to receive an insert portion of a bumper end insert. Bumper end inserts may include a step insert or a safety indicator insert.
Claims20
A reconfigurable vehicle bumper end, comprising:
- a vehicle bumper end body configured to securely attach to a vehicle bumper and extend along a side of a vehicle on which the vehicle bumper is mounted, the side of the vehicle extending from a front of the vehicle toward a rear of the vehicle;
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- a socket formed by a recess extending into an outside surface of the vehicle on a portion of the vehicle bumper end body that extends along the side of the vehicle, the recess extending inward, relative to the vehicle, from the outside surface of the vehicle on the portion of the vehicle bumper end body that extends along the side of the vehicle,
- wherein the socket is configured to receive an insert portion of a bumper end insert.
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A method of reconfiguring a vehicle bumper end, comprising:
- configuring a vehicle bumper end body to securely attach to a vehicle bumper and extend along a side of a vehicle on which the vehicle bumper is mounted, the side of the vehicle extending from a front of the vehicle toward a rear of the vehicle;
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- providing a socket formed by a recess extending into an outside surface of the vehicle on a portion of the vehicle bumper end body that extends along the side of the vehicle, the recess extending inward, relative to the vehicle, from the outside surface of the vehicle on the portion of the vehicle bumper end body that extends along the side of the vehicle,
- wherein the socket is configured to receive an insert portion of a bumper end insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.