Bumper stay
AssigneeNissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
InventorsTatsuro Mori, Aaron Stando
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Abstract
A bumper stay for a vehicle adapted to extend between the vehicle platform and the vehicle bumper. The bumper stay includes a first length and a second length with the first length being crushable relative to the second length. The relative lengths of the first and second sublengths are varied to provide a bumper stay of specified crushability useable with all members of a family of vehicles having a common platform.
Claims20
A bumper stay adapted to extend between a vehicle component and a vehicle bumper, the bumper stay comprising:
- a first length that is relatively crushable;
- and
- a second length that is relatively non-crushable.
For use with a plurality of vehicles each having a bumper and a common platform but having overhangs of varying distance, a method of installing a vehicle bumper stay in one of the plurality of vehicles, the method comprising:
- providing a bumper stay adapted to extend between a vehicle component and a vehicle bumper, the bumper stay having a first length that is relatively crushable and is of a predetermined size, and a second length that is relatively non-crushable and is of a size selected to permit the bumper stay to span the distance between the vehicle component and the bumper;
- and
- securing the bumper stay to the vehicle component and the bumper.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle component;
- a bumper beam spaced apart from the vehicle component;
- and
- a bumper stay including a first length proximate to the bumper beam and a second length proximate to the vehicle component, wherein the first length is relatively crushable and the second length is relatively non-crushable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.