Front bumper
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Subaru Corporation
InventorShota Kotake
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Abstract
A front bumper includes a bumper body, a bumper inner, and a first electronic device. The bumper body is exposed to the outside of the vehicle. The bumper inner is located inside the bumper body and configured to fix the bumper body to a body of the vehicle. The first electronic device is located between the bumper body and the bumper inner. The bumper inner includes an inner body facing at least a part of the first electronic device in a first direction, and at least one columnar portion located adjacent to first the electronic device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and extending in the first direction from the inner body toward the bumper body. The length in the first direction of the at least one columnar portion is greater than the length in the first direction of the first electronic device.
Claims12
A front bumper, comprising:
- a bumper body exposed to outside of a vehicle;
- a bumper inner located inside the bumper body and configured to fix the bumper body to a body of the vehicle;
- a bolt fixing the bumper body to the bumper inner;
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- a first electronic device located between the bumper body and the bumper inner, wherein:
- the bumper inner includes
- an inner body facing at least a part of the first electronic device in a first direction, and
- at least one columnar portion located adjacent to the first electronic device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and extending in the first direction from the inner body toward the bumper body,
- a length in the first direction of the at least one columnar portion is greater than a length in the first direction of the first electronic device,
- the front bumper is configured to be mounted on a front part of the vehicle,
- the bumper body includes a base protruding toward the inner body, wherein the base includes a boss receiving the bolt along the first direction,
- the at least one columnar portion includes a tip end facing the base along the first direction, wherein the tip end includes a through hole corresponding to the boss, and
- the bolt extends in the first direction, through the through hole, to fix the base to the at least one columnar portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.