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US 2006/0186680 A1Published application
Vehicle bumper beam mounting structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeiichi Honda, Kazuo Omura, Toshihiko Suzuki
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Abstract
A bumper beam mounting structure for absorbing an impact at a bumper beam and mounting members thereof in a vehicle minor collision is provided. The mounting structure has the mounting members attached to curved portions of right and left curved ends of the bumper beam. The mounting members are attachable to vehicle body members. The mounting members are in a right triangular shape in a plan view. A sloping portion corresponding to the hypotenuse is formed with a depressed portion for absorbing an impact.
Claims3
A vehicle bumper beam mounting structure comprising:
- a bumper beam made from an extrusion material and having curved portions at right and left ends thereof, respectively;
- and
- right and left mounting members attached to the right and left curved portions and being attachable to vehicle body members which extend longitudinally of a vehicle body,
- the mounting members each including:
- a perpendicular portion located inboard and extending longitudinally of the vehicle body;
- and
- a sloping portion abutting on the curved portion and sloping from a distal edge of the perpendicular portion located forward or rearward of the vehicle body in an outward and rearward or forward direction of the vehicle body,
- the sloping portion having a depressed portion oriented rearward or forward of the vehicle body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.