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US 12,759,494 B2Granted
Bumper assembly with a connecting device between a deformation element and a cross member, and motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsHeiko Lowak, Federico Rafanelli
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Abstract
A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle, having a deformation element which is coupled to a cross member of the bumper assembly. In a mounted position of the bumper assembly in the motor vehicle, the deformation element is arranged between a longitudinal member of the motor vehicle and the cross member. The bumper assembly has a connecting device with a first hollow profile region, in which an end region of the deformation element is received. The connecting device has a second hollow profile region, in which a partial region of the cross member is received.
Claims15
A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a deformation element, which is coupled to a cross member of the bumper assembly, wherein, when the bumper assembly is mounted in the motor vehicle, the deformation element is arranged between a longitudinal member of the motor vehicle and the cross member,
- wherein the bumper assembly has a connecting device having a first hollow profile region in which an end region of the deformation element is received, wherein the connecting device has a second hollow profile region, in which a partial region of the cross member is received,
- wherein the second hollow profile region is a passage opening of the connecting device, through which a free end of the cross member is passed, and wherein the free end of the cross member protrudes beyond the second hollow profile region in the longitudinal extension direction of the cross member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.