IP Library Granted Patent US 11,572,027
Granted Patent B2
US 11,572,027 · App. 17/168,176 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

Bumper reinforcement

Inventors: Shizuma Uju (Nagoya, JP); Jun Shobo (Anjo, JP); Kyosuke Matsui (Anjo, JP); Tomoki Mitsuya (Kariya, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; AISIN CORPORATION
B60R19/18B62D21/152B60R2019/1806
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,572,027
App. No.
17/168,176
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bumper reinforcement includes a bumper reinforcement body, a first extension portion, a second extension portion, and a weakened portion. The bumper reinforcement body is molded from a synthetic resin material, a length of the bumper reinforcement body extends in a vehicle width direction. The first extension portion is integrally molded with the bumper reinforcement body so as to extend from the bumper reinforcement body toward a vehicle rear side and oppose a vehicle structural member extending in the vehicle width direction from a vehicle front side. The first extension portion is provided within a range spanning from a vehicle width direction side end portion to a position at 40% of an overall vehicle width direction length of a vehicle front end section away from the vehicle width direction side end portion. The second extension portion is integrally molded with the bumper reinforcement body.

Claims (8)

1. A bumper reinforcement comprising:

a bumper reinforcement body that is molded from a synthetic resin material, a length of the bumper reinforcement body extending in a vehicle width direction;

a first extension portion that is integrally molded with the bumper reinforcement body so as to extend from the bumper reinforcement body toward a vehicle rear side and oppose a vehicle structural member extending in the vehicle width direction from a vehicle front side, the first extension portion being provided within a range spanning from a vehicle width direction side end portion to a position at 40% of an overall vehicle width direction length of a vehicle front end section away from the vehicle width direction side end portion;

a second extension portion that is integrally molded with the bumper reinforcement body so as to extend from the bumper reinforcement body toward the vehicle rear side and oppose the vehicle structural member extending in the vehicle width direction from the vehicle front side, the second extension portion being provided further toward a vehicle width direction center than the range spanning from the vehicle width direction side end portion to the position at 40% of the overall vehicle width direction length of the vehicle front end section; and

a weakened portion provided at the bumper reinforcement body between the first extension portion and the second extension portion and having a lower bending strength with respect to load acting in a vehicle front-rear direction than the first extension portion and the second extension portion.

2. The bumper reinforcement of claim 1 , wherein:

the bumper reinforcement body includes a bumper reinforcement body side section extending further toward a vehicle width direction outer side than the first extension portion; and

the bumper reinforcement body side section is disposed at a vehicle front side of a crash box and opposes the crash box, the crash box being configured to deform, in a case in which load from the vehicle front side exceeds a predetermined magnitude, and being positioned at the vehicle front side.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2021
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057350/0053 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2021
From: UJU, SHIZUMA; SHOBO, JUN; MATSUI, KYOSUKE; MITSUYA, TOMOKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055524/0962 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-020186 · Feb 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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