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US 7,255,378 B1Granted
Bumper for automotive vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRidha Baccouche, Chelliah Madasamy, David Wagner, Hikmat Mahmood
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Abstract
A bumper system for an automotive vehicle includes a unitary bumper beam substrate which defines upper and lower channel sections which are capped for part of their length by stiffening elements which provide localized increased strength and resistance to elastic buckling and collapsing of the bumper beam.
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A bumper for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a unitary beam substrate defining a plurality of channels;
- and
- a plurality of stiffening caps applied to said plurality of channels, so as to form a plurality of box sections, wherein said stiffening caps have longitudinally extending stiffening beads formed therein.
A bumper for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a unitary beam substrate comprising:
- a generally vertical front face;
- an upwardly opening channel section cantilevered from an upper portion of said front face;
- a downwardly opening channel section cantilevered from a lower portion of said front face;
- and
- a plurality of stiffening caps, with at least one of said caps being applied to an outboard portion of each of said channel sections, so as to form a plurality of generally horizontal box sections.
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A bumper system for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of longitudinally extending frame horns;
- a unitary bumper beam substrate attached to and extending laterally across said frame horns, with said substrate having upper and lower channel sections;
- a plurality of upper stiffening caps applied to outboard portions of said upper channel section;
- a plurality of lower stiffening caps applied to outboard portions of said lower channel section;
- a center stiffening cap applied to a central portion of said beam substrate;
- and
- a bumper cover applied to said beam substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.