Energy absorbing apparatus for a bumper rail
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSaeed David Barbat, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Saied Nusier
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Abstract
A collision energy absorption apparatus and a vehicle front end structure including the apparatus. The apparatus is welded to a bumper beam and is laterally adjacent a longitudinally extending member disposed behind the bumper beam. The apparatus has a central body having a front edge attached to the bumper beam and a rear edge that is spaced from the bumper beam and the longitudinally extending member. Upper and lower triangular walls extend between the central body and the longitudinally extending member. A rib extends laterally outwardly from the central body.
Claims8
A collision energy absorbing assembly for a land vehicle comprising:
- a bumper beam disposed at a front end of the vehicle;
- at least one crush can disposed rearward of the bumper beam;
- a frame assembly of the vehicle disposed rearward of the crush can;
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- an impact absorbing attachment attached to the bumper beam and contacting a lateral side of one of the crush cans, wherein the impact absorbing apparatus includes a central body that is planar in shape and attachable to the bumper beam with a leading edge of the central body contacting the bumper beam and a trailing edge of the central body spaced from the bumper beam, a first edge and a second edge of the central body extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge, a first wall and a second wall extend from the first edge and the second edge to the crush can, and a rib extends from the central body away from the crush can.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.