Vehicle and bumper beam combination

The combination comprising a vehicle having a forward end and a rearward end and an elongated rollformed tubular bumper beam secured on one of the forward and rearward ends thereof, the bumper beam being fabricated of ultra-high strength steel and having a plan view sweep value of more than 10, the vehicle including framing structure and mounting means rigidly securing the bumper beam to the framing structure at least at two spaced apart locations along a length of the bumper beam, the mounting means including structure for adjusting the bumper beam vertically, transversely, and longitudinally with respect to the vehicle, the mounting means including a first bracket having a central body having a pair of spaced apart lateral flanges thereon, the lateral flanges each having opening means therein, the bumper beam having opening means therein in registry with the lateral flange opening means, at least one of said opening means defining transversely extending slots, first fastening means extending through both of said opening means to secure the first bracket to the bumper beam, said slots permitting transverse adjustment of the bumper beams relative to the first bracket;

• and a second bracket, the second bracket having a central body having a pair of spaced apart vertical flanges, the vertical flanges having slot shaped opening means therein, the central body of the first bracket having slot shaped opening means therein in registry with the slots in said vertical flanges, second fastening means extending through the slots in said central body and said vertical flanges to secure the second bracket to the first bracket, the slots of one of the central body of the first bracket and the vertical flanges being vertically oriented with the slots of the other of the central body of the first bracket and the vertical flanges being transversely oriented to permit transverse and vertical adjustment of the bumper beam relative to the second bracket;
• the vehicle including at least two spaced apart framing structure rails, the mounting means securing the bumper beam to each of the framing structure rails, the central body of the second bracket having opening means therein, each rail having opening means therein in registry with the opening means of the central body of the second bracket, third fastening means extending through the opening means in each rail and the central body of the second bracket, one of the opening means in each rail and the central body of the second bracket being a longitudinally oriented slot to permit longitudinal adjustment of the bumper beam relative to the vehicle.