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US 12,358,449 B2Granted
Bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorsMirko Paare, Elmar Mollemeier
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Abstract
A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle has a crossmember and crash boxes which are arranged in each case at the end of the crossmember, and also outer end modules. Each end module has a shell body and a shield which covers the front side of the shell body at least in certain regions, wherein the shell body is joined to a crash box, and an end of the crossmember is joined to a respective shell body. The bumper arrangement has a functionally high energy absorption capacity with a modularized design.
Claims17
A bumper arrangement for a vehicle, the bumper arrangement comprising:
- a crossmember;
- a crash box arranged at an end of the crossmember;
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- an end module arranged at an outer portion of the crash box, wherein the end module has a shell body,
- the shell body is joined to the crash box, and
- the end of the crossmember is joined to the shell body, wherein
- the shell body of the end module comprises a bottom wall by which the shell body is coupled to the crash box, and the shell body is between the crossmember and the crash box,
- the end module has a front portion, a transition portion, and a side portion,
- the front portion is arranged in front of the crash box,
- the end module is laterally adjoined to a front of the crash box, at a height level below the crash box, by the transition portion which transitions from the front portion into the side portion, and
- the transition portion extends in an arcuate or curved manner downward and in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.