Bumper for a motor vehicle

US4474395A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Harloff · Böblingen, DE
• Roman Schoppel · Sindelfingen, DE
• Ulrich Bruhnke · Ehningen, DE
• Engelbert Kinds · Ehningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 1982
• Grant date: Oct 2, 1984
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2019/1886
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A bumper for a motor vehicle, with the bumper being equipped with an energy absorber provided along a rear surface thereof with at least one recess. The energy absorber is disposed forwardly of a girder subjected to bending, with the girder being attached to a vehicle. The recesses are arranged in such a manner that an impact force is transmitted to the body of the motor vehicle with as little moment as possible so as to prevent a tilting of the bumper and associated motor vehicle parts such as a fender of the vehicle. With a bumper girder subjected to bending being mounted forwardly of the energy absorber, at least portions of the recesses diagonally face the area of incidence of the impact force. If the impact is directly incident on the energy absorber, the recesses lie in an extension of a direction of the point of application of the impact forces.