Bumper fixture, and bumper mounting structure
AssigneesNifco Inc., Mazda Motor Corporation
InventorsTakeo Matsui, Kenji Ooki, Makoto Aizawa, Yuji Masaoka
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Abstract
A bumper fixture is interposed between an extended-directional end portion of a bumper and an auto body as to extend the extended-directional end portion of the bumper mounted on the auto body to form a part of a wheel house. The bumper fixture includes a mounting portion mountable to an extended-directional outer end wall of the bumper on one extended-directional end portion of the bumper, and the mounting portion is elastically deformable by a greater than predetermined load. A bumper mounting structure includes the bumper fixture such that an extended directional outer end wall of the bumper is mounted on the mounting portion.
Claims6
A bumper fixture interposed between a bumper and an auto body, said bumper fixture comprising:
- an elongated main body to be fixed to the auto body, said main body having lateral ends, and
- at least one mounting portion configured to mount a side end wall of the bumper, said at least one mounting portion having a fixture mounting hole therein and being integrally fixed to one of the lateral ends only at one side thereof so that said at least one mounting portion is elastically deformable by a force greater than a predetermined load, and
- wherein said mounting portion is fixed to said one side of the lateral end of the main body to incline thereto, thereby forming a gap at the other end thereof.
A bumper mounting structure comprising:
- a bumper, and
- a bumper fixture interposed between the bumper and an auto body, the bumper fixture comprising:
- an elongated main body to be fixed to the auto body, said main body having lateral ends, and
- at least one mounting portion configured to mount a side end wall of the bumper, said at least one mounting portion having a fixture mounting hole therein and being integrally fixed to one of the lateral ends only at one side thereof so that said at least one mounting portion is elastically deformable by a force greater than a predetermined load,
- wherein the bumper fixture is arranged to mount the side end walls of the bumper to the auto body such that each of the side end walls of the bumper forms a part of a wheel house, and
- wherein the bumper includes a bumper mounting hole formed in the side end wall thereof;
- and a fastener is mounted between the fixture mounting hole and the bumper mounting hole such that the mounting portion and the side end wall of the bumper are integrated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.