Extruded aluminum bumper
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsConrad Michael Kudelko, Gregory Allen Kaepp, Peter John Schuster
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Abstract
An extruded bumper for a vehicle includes a top face, a bottom face generally opposing the top face, a front face, and a rear face generally opposing the front face. A bumper interior cavity is generally bounded by and defined between the top face, the bottom face, the front face, and the rear face. The bumper interior cavity has at least one partition located therein which is aligned in a longitudinal plane defined by a vehicle rail. The bumper can be extruded along either the x-axis or the z-axis.
Claims14
An extruded bumper for a vehicle comprising:
- a substantially open front face;
- a top face;
- a bottom face;
- a substantially open rear face;
- at least one cavity located between said substantially open front face and said substantially open rear face;
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- at least one generally vertical partition extending between said top face and said bottom face, said at least one generally vertical partition located in a plane defined by at least one vehicle rail.
An extruded bumper for a vehicle comprising:
- a top face;
- a bottom face generally opposing said top face;
- front face disposed forward of the vehicle;
- rear face generally opposing said front face;
- and
- a bumper interior cavity generally bounded by said top face, said bottom face, said front face, and said rear face;
- and
- at least one partition located in said bumper interior and aligned in a generally vertical longitudinal plane, said at least one partition extending from said front face to said rear face;
- whereby the bumper is constructed from a metal material.
An extruded bumper for attachment to a vehicle, the bumper comprising:
- an interior cavity defined by a front face, a rear face, a top face, and a bottom face;
- at least one support structure disposed in said interior cavity and in alignment with a generally vertical plane, said at least one support structure extending from said front face to said rear face;
- wherein the bumper is constructed of a metal material;
- wherein said front face is forward of the vehicle and said rear face is rearward of said front face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.