US 4,889,374 AGranted

Two-stage automobile bumper

OwnerSain-Lu Chouninventor

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Abstract

A two-stage automobile bumper comprising two buffers set in two inner supporting frames which are supported in two outer supporting frames welded at the front of the chassis and a bumper fixed at the front end of the buffers. When the bumper receives a shock, pins combining the buffers with said inner supporting frames are to be cut into two pieces and coiled springs are to be compressed to absorb the shock force.

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A two-stage automobile bumper assembly for an automobile having a chassis comprising:

two outer supporting frames respectively welded at right and left sides of a front of the chassis, each said outer supporting frame containing an inner supporting frame and being provided with a flange at a front end which said flange is bored with round holes for assembling each said outer supporting frame with the associated said inner supporting frame;
each said inner supporting frame contained in the respective said outer supporting frame being provided with (a) an upper guide way, (b) a lower guide way, (c) a buffer received in said upper guide way, (d) a coiled spring received in said lower guide way, (e) a slide block also received in said lower guide way and being attached at a bottom of the buffer such that said slide block can move along the lower guide way, (f) a rectangular hole bored vertically through a bottom of said inner supporting frame into said lower guide way, and (g) a stop block inserted in and extending through said rectangular hole and thus extending in said lower guide way;
each said buffer contained in a respective said upper guide way of the respective inner supporting frame being attached together with the respective said inner supporting frame by means including two pins and positioning holes in said buffer for screws to pass therethrough in further attaching the slide block to said buffer, said slide block being provided with (a) a limit plate, (b) a reverse L-shaped plate by which said limit plate is constrained, and (c) a faceplate provided at a front end of said buffer for attaching said buffer with a bumper by means of screws and holes;
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such that when the bumper receives a shock, the pins keeping the buffers steady with the respective inner supporting frames are cut into two pieces so that the buffers are pushed backward to compress the respective coiled springs, and then the springs automatically extend back pushing the buffers forward, respective said slide blocks then surpassing the respective said stop blocks whereby respective said reverse L-shaped plates fall down so that the respective limit plates fall down to block the respective buffers from going backward once again without restraint.

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Abstract

A two-stage automobile bumper assembly for an automobile having a chassis comprising:

two outer supporting frames respectively welded at right and left sides of a front of the chassis, each said outer supporting frame containing an inner supporting frame and being provided with a flange at a front end which said flange is bored with round holes for assembling each said outer supporting frame with the associated said inner supporting frame;
each said inner supporting frame contained in the respective said outer supporting frame being provided with (a) an upper guide way, (b) a lower guide way, (c) a buffer received in said upper guide way, (d) a coiled spring received in said lower guide way, (e) a slide block also received in said lower guide way and being attached at a bottom of the buffer such that said slide block can move along the lower guide way, (f) a rectangular hole bored vertically through a bottom of said inner supporting frame into said lower guide way, and (g) a stop block inserted in and extending through said rectangular hole and thus extending in said lower guide way;
each said buffer contained in a respective said upper guide way of the respective inner supporting frame being attached together with the respective said inner supporting frame by means including two pins and positioning holes in said buffer for screws to pass therethrough in further attaching the slide block to said buffer, said slide block being provided with (a) a limit plate, (b) a reverse L-shaped plate by which said limit plate is constrained, and (c) a faceplate provided at a front end of said buffer for attaching said buffer with a bumper by means of screws and holes;
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such that when the bumper receives a shock, the pins keeping the buffers steady with the respective inner supporting frames are cut into two pieces so that the buffers are pushed backward to compress the respective coiled springs, and then the springs automatically extend back pushing the buffers forward, respective said slide blocks then surpassing the respective said stop blocks whereby respective said reverse L-shaped plates fall down so that the respective limit plates fall down to block the respective buffers from going backward once again without restraint.

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