Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Structure for mounting hook bracket to bumper reinforce and bumper structure
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Application No.: US15052233Application Date: 2016-02-24
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Publication No.: US09643461B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Tsunetake Tsuyoshi , Narikazu Hashimoto
- Applicant: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-063822 20150326
- Main IPC: B60D1/56
- IPC: B60D1/56 ; B60D1/04

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a hook bracket formed of an aluminum alloy extrusion to a bumper reinforce having a hollow cross-section, and further reduces the weight of the hook bracket and the weight of the mount structure without deteriorating towing performance. The hook bracket has a cut that is formed in an extrusion cross-section (a cross-section perpendicular to the direction of extrusion) and extended from the rear end of a shaft portion into the hollow in the bumper reinforce. Further, an internally threaded hole is formed. The shaft portion of the hook bracket is penetrated through a hole formed in front and rear walls of the bumper reinforce and fillet-welded to the front and rear walls. The shaft portion is not fillet-welded to the rear wall at a position where the cut is formed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160280024A1 STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING HOOK BRACKET TO BUMPER REINFORCE AND BUMPER STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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