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AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorClaus Steller
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The invention discussed above provides a reinforcing element for a lower impact region of a front bumper of a motor vehicle for the protection of pedestrians in case of the impact of a lower leg section against the lower impact region of the front bumper. Here the reinforcing element adjoins the lower region of the front bumper in the direction of travel behind the lower region of the front bumper. The reinforcing element has a base plate with reinforcing ribs attached thereto. It extends substantially in a horizontal direction, approximately across the width of the front bumper. Here for the first time it is proposed that the reinforcing element with its rear end in the longitudinal direction is at least partially supported against a cross strut arranged below the engine compartment. Further, the above invention proposes for the first time a front bumper equipped therewith for a motor vehicle.
Reinforcing element for a lower impact region of a motor vehicle front bumper for the protection of pedestrians in case of the impact of a lower leg section against the lower region of the front bumper, wherein the reinforcing element adjoins the lower region of the front bumper in the direction of travel (X) behind the lower region of the front bumper, has a base plate with reinforcing ribs attached thereto, and extends substantially in a horizontal direction approximately across the width of the front bumper, characterized in that the reinforcing element is at least partially supported by means of its rear end in the direction of travel (X) against a cross strut arranged below the engine compartment.
Front bumper for a motor vehicle having a first impact region which is to come into contact with a bumper bar of another motor vehicle, as well as having a second impact region which is arranged below the first impact region and which is to come into contact with a pedestrian's lower leg section, wherein the bumper has an outer shell and is supported in the first impact region, via an absorber element arranged therebetween, against a cross member which is mounted by means of crash boxes on the longitudinal members of the body, characterized in that in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (X) behind the second, lower impact region there is provided a reinforcing element which is at least partially supported by its rear end in the direction of travel (X), against a cross strut located below the engine compartment.
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