Automotive frame bumper interface for discriminated deceleration response
US6361092B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2019/1813
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An arrangement of a frame rail bumper beam combination is provided which has a frame rail for connection with a chassis of an automotive vehicle, and a bumper beam having a tubular cross-sectional shape with a first section connected with the frame rail, and a first upper surface between a front end and a rear end of the bumper beam, and the bumper beam having at least first and second cutouts in the first surface with a web therebetween that causes the rail to plastically deform in the first section of the bumper beam in a crash.
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