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US 12,304,408 B2Granted
Vehicle front bumper system
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsTae Ou Park, Byeong Do An
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Abstract
A front bumper system of a vehicle includes a bumper beam disposed on a front end of the vehicle, and the bumper beam has a plurality of openings which are open toward a cooling module disposed within a front compartment of the vehicle. The bumper beam has a plurality of ribs by which the plurality of openings are defined, and each rib has a streamlined cross-section whose thickness gradually decreases from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle.
Claims10
A front bumper system of a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper beam disposed on a front end of the vehicle;
- a reinforcing member attached to the bumper beam;
- a pair of first mounting plates connected to both end portions of the reinforcing member, respectively;
- and
- a pair of second mounting plates connected to the pair of first mounting plates, respectively,
- wherein the reinforcing member extends in a longitudinal direction of the bumper beam,
- wherein the bumper beam includes a plurality of openings through which air flows from outside the vehicle to inside the vehicle such that an air resistance is reduced and cooling performance is increased, and
- wherein:
- each first mounting plate of the pair of first mounting plates has a groove in which each end portion of the reinforcing member is received,
- the end portion of the reinforcing member and the groove of the first mounting plate are joined by a structural adhesive,
- each first mounting plate of the pair of first mounting plates has a pair of flanges, and
- each second mounting plate of the pair of second mounting plates is connected to the pair of flanges of a corresponding first mounting plate among the pair of first mounting plates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.