Patent · US Expired

Impact damping member for motor vehicles

US6299227A · kind A · utility

10Cited by

4References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Benteler Aktiengesellschaft · US

Inventors

Achim Kröning · Paderborn, DE
Georgios Leotaris · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2000
Grant date	Oct 9, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R19/26
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An impact damping member for motor vehicles, mounted as a safety member between a bumper element and a frame of the motor vehicle, has an outer tube having a longitudinal axis positioned perpendicularly to the bumper element and the frame. An inner profiled member is arranged inside the outer tube. The inner profiled member has several hollow bodies connected to one another, and each has a longitudinal axis extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the outer tube. A first one of the hollow bodies next to the bumper element is penetrated by a coupling member that connects the impact damping member to the bumper element by penetrating the first hollow body and by being attached to the bumper element.

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