Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bumper structure
- Patent Title (中): 保险杠结构
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Application No.: US12402174Application Date: 2009-03-11
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Publication No.: US07896408B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Narikazu Hashimoto , Tsunetake Tsuyoshi , Hideki Ishitobi , Satoshi Nimura , Toru Hashimura
- Applicant: Narikazu Hashimoto , Tsunetake Tsuyoshi , Hideki Ishitobi , Satoshi Nimura , Toru Hashimura
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-093061 20080331
- Main IPC: B60R19/04
- IPC: B60R19/04

Abstract:
The bumper stay includes a cylindrical shaft member fit in to a hole of a bumper reinforce, a cylindrical reinforcing member fit in to the outer periphery of the shaft member in the rear side of the bumper reinforce, and a mounting flange member fit in to the outer periphery of the shaft member in its rear end. The shaft member is enlarged by electromagnetic forming and is tightly adhered to the inner peripheral surface of the hole formed in the bumper reinforce, the inner peripheral surface of the reinforcing member, and the inner peripheral surface of the hole flange formed in the mounting flange member, thereby these are joined with each other. Thin aluminum alloy extruded material can be used for the shaft member. With such configuration, when a bumper stay is fit in to the holes formed in the front and rear walls of the bumper reinforce and the bumper stay is enlarged by electromagnetic forming to join with the bumper reinforce, joining of the both can be firmly performed and sufficient strength and energy absorption quantity can be secured.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090243314A1 BUMPER STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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