Vehicle bumper reinforcement structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeo MORI
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Abstract
A vehicle bumper reinforcement structure to increase energy absorption capacity is provided. The vehicle bumper reinforcement structure comprises a base member extending in the width direction of the vehicle that is attached to the vehicle at both width ends, and a first reinforcement member and a second reinforcement member attached to the base member at a width center of the vehicle. Widths of the reinforcement members are differentiated in such a manner to cause fracture of the base member at width ends of the reinforcement members by a predetermined collision impact applied to the width center of the base member.
Claims5
A vehicle bumper reinforcement structure for a vehicle attached to a front side of the vehicle and extending in a width direction of the vehicle to be deformed by a collision impact to absorb collision energy, comprising:
- a base member extending in the width direction of the vehicle that is attached to the vehicle at both width ends;
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- a first reinforcement member and a second reinforcement member respectively attached to the base member at a width center of the vehicle;
- wherein widths of the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member are differentiated in such a manner as to cause fracture of the base member at width ends of the first reinforcement member and at width ends of the second reinforcement member by a predetermined collision impact applied to the width center of the base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.