Back to results
US 9,067,553 B1Granted
Vehicle fascia integrated pushers
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Abraham G. Philip, Steven Yellin Schondorf
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A vehicle includes a fascia, a bumper beam, and a sensor including a pressure chamber disposed between and along the fascia and bumper beam. The vehicle further includes a plurality of pusher blocks disposed between and along the fascia and bumper beam. The pusher blocks impinge upon the pressure chamber during fascia impact. Contact areas defined by the pusher blocks decrease toward a center of the pressure chamber and increase toward ends of the pressure chamber.
Claims17
A vehicle comprising:
- a bumper structure including a fascia, a beam, a sensor disposed between the fascia and beam and defining a pressure cavity along the fascia, and a plurality of pushers disposed between the fascia and sensor, wherein the pushers are configured such that, for a given vehicle speed, an impact with the bumper structure near a center of the fascia causes a pressure increase within the pressure cavity approximately equal to an impact with the bumper structure near an end of the fascia, and wherein the pushers positioned near a center of the fascia each define a contact area different than the pushers positioned away from the center of the fascia.
A vehicle comprising:
- a fascia;
- a bumper beam;
- a sensor including a pressure chamber disposed between and along the fascia and bumper beam;
- and
- a plurality of pushers disposed between and along the fascia and bumper beam, and configured to impinge upon the pressure chamber during impact, wherein contact areas defined by the pushers decrease toward a center of the pressure chamber and increase toward ends of the pressure chamber.
2 more elements
A vehicle comprising:
- a fascia having a curvature;
- a pressure sensor coupled with a chamber disposed behind the fascia;
- and
- a plurality of pushers, having different contact areas, attached along the curvature, wherein the contact areas complement the curvature such that, for a given vehicle speed, an impact near a center of the fascia causes a pressure increase within the chamber approximately equal to an impact near an end of the fascia.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.