Bumper system for motor vehicles

US6460909B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Dhafer Mansoor · Beverly Hills, US
• Jeffrey Bladow · Beverly Hills, US
• Peter John Schuster · Scharnhauser Park, DE
• Shui-Fang Chou · Troy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 8, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes an energy absorber and a bumper beam interconnecting the energy absorber and vehicle structure. The bumper system also includes a push bar disposed below and operatively connected to the bumper beam to deflect and rotate during an impact with an object by the bumper system.