IP Library Granted Patent US 6,926,325
Granted Patent B2
US 6,926,325 · App. 10/956,521 · Granted Aug 9, 2005

Vehicle with bumper and deformation element

Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,926,325
App. No.
10/956,521
Granted
Aug 9, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a vehicle with a bumper which is attached to the vehicle transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle via a deformation element, the deformation element exhibits two first side walls that are spaced apart, and are joined to second side walls that are spaced apart. The first and second side walls have first and second grooves that run transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and are arranged in pairs opposite each other, each in a common plane. The first grooves extend over the whole breadth of the first side walls and the second grooves extend over only a middle part of the second side walls leaving a region free at both edges. The first grooves are arranged in pairs in first planes and the second grooves are arranged in pairs in second planes situation between two subsequent first planes.

Claims (1)

1. A combination comprising: a bumper; and a deformation element attached to the bumper, the deformation element having two first side walls that are spaced apart and are joined together by two second side walls that are spaced apart, the first and second side walls have first and second grooves that run transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and are arranged in pairs opposite each other, each in a common plane, the first grooves extend over an entire width of the first side walls and the second grooves extend over only a middle part of the second side walls, leaving a groove-free region at both edges, the first grooves being arranged in pairs in first planes and the second grooves being arranged in pairs in second planes situated between two subsequent first planes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2011
From: ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT AG
To: ALCAN FINANCES SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 027276/0838 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 23, 2011
From: ALCAN FINANCES SWITZERLAND AG
To: CONSTELLIUM SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 027281/0495 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 01810184 · Feb 21, 2001 · regional
Continuity (3)
Division 1065847400 · Sep 9, 2003
Division 1007766800 · Feb 14, 2002
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