Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle hood bumper
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Application No.: US17550763Application Date: 2021-12-14
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Publication No.: US11951921B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Robert J. Kukla
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: CANTOR COLBURN LLP
- Main IPC: E05F5/02
- IPC: E05F5/02 ; B60R19/02 ; B60R19/18 ; B60R19/28 ; B60R19/32 ; B62D25/12

Abstract:
A hood bumper for a vehicle having a hood including: a housing having a wall, a base, an internal chamber, and an opening to the internal chamber. The wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface. the interior surface defines the internal chamber. The hood bumper further including a biasing mechanism operably connected to the housing and a plunger operably connected to the biasing mechanism and configured to receive an exerted force from the hood. The hood bumper further including a bumper head operably connected to the housing and a support frame operably connecting the bumper head to the housing. The plunger is configured to first move into the bumper head to absorb an impact force to the hood, next the bumper head compresses to further absorb the impact force, and then the support frame collapses to even further absorb the impact force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230182667A1 VEHICLE HOOD BUMPER Public/Granted day:2023-06-15
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