Crash element

US8308206B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• PLASTIBEC INC. · US
• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Andrea Kunz · Weißenburg, DE
• Erwin Wachter · Ellingen, DE
• Klaus Pfister · Maulbronn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2019/1873
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a rear crash element for the rear bumper of a motor vehicle in the area of the number plate recess, having an impact element seated on the crossbeam of the motor vehicle, behind which, with respect to the driving direction of the motor vehicle, a shock absorbing element is arranged. The shock absorbing element is arranged behind the bumper cladding and is covered by a plastic covering, such as a horn cladding or the like. Because the impact element is a plastic part with a large surface area which fills out approximately the entire height of the number plate recess and borders the bumper cladding, preferably over a gap, and the shock absorbing element is seated from the outside on the front side of the bumper cladding flush to the impact element, a breakthrough for the impact element on the bumper cladding is not a consideration, and the impact surface of the impact element to the crossbeam and to the bumper cladding is enlarged such that the energy applied to the bumper is better absorbed.