Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bumper
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Application No.: US14011485Application Date: 2013-08-27
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Publication No.: US08770636B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Koji Shimotsu
- Applicant: Asteer Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Okayama
- Assignee: Asteer Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Asteer Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Okayama
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2012-187928 20120828
- Main IPC: B60R19/03
- IPC: B60R19/03

Abstract:
Providing a bumper absorbing large amount of impact energy with respect to both a light collision and a heavy collision, and preventing the reinforcement beam from bending and protruding backward at a portion where an obstacle collides and from displacing backward in this protruding state. Provided is a bumper for vehicles including a reinforcement beam made of metal and a pair of support members having a hollow cross section, protruding from a vehicle frame, and supporting the reinforcement beam therebetween. A quenched region is provide over a portion including a middle of the reinforcement beam. Unquenched portions are provided on the pair of connecting portions or a pair of adjacent portions inside the pair of connecting portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140062105A1 Bumper Public/Granted day:2014-03-06
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