Vehicle bumper mounting structure
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHirotaka Tomioka, Shyuji Yamagata
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Abstract
A shock absorbing vehicle bumper for a vehicle with an openable rear lid, the shock absorbing portion of the bumper being mounted to the lower end of the rear lid with a front surface of the shock absorbing portion facing a surface of a cross member mounted to the vehicle such that collision forces are directly transmitted to the vehicle through the shock absorbing portion and the cross member.
Claims12
A shock absorbing vehicle bumper mounting structure for a vehicle with an openable rear lid, comprising a bumper covering and a shock absorbing member at least partially enclosed by said bumper covering, a cross member mounted to the vehicle below the rear lid, said shock absorbing member being secured to a lower end of the rear lid by said covering in such a manner that a front surface of said shock absorbing member faces a rear surface of said cross member, whereby shock from a collision is substantially and directly transmitted to the vehicle through said shock absorbing member and said cross member.
A shock absorbing bumper for a vehicle having an openable rear lid, said bumper comprising:
- (a) a cross member mounted in a fixed position beneath said lid;
- (b) a deformable covering secured to said lid, said covering cooperating with said cross member to define a substantially enclosed space when said rear lid is closed;
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- (c) a shock absorbing member connected to said covering and arranged in said space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.