Bumper reinforcement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10501036-B2
Application number	US-201816048707-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2018
Priority date	Sep 15, 2017
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a bumper reinforcement including: a bumper main body portion extending in a vehicle transverse direction and is provided at a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of a pair of left and right side members, the pair of left and right side members being disposed at a vehicle front portion or a vehicle rear portion and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and a reinforcing member formed of wood and is block-shaped, and that is disposed within a cross-section of at least a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the bumper main body portion, an axially central direction of annual growth rings of the wood of the reinforcing member being set to a direction that runs along the vehicle transverse direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bumper reinforcement comprising:
a bumper main body portion extending in a vehicle transverse direction and is provided at a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of a pair of left and right side members, the pair of left and right side members being disposed at a vehicle front portion or a vehicle rear portion and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and
a reinforcing member formed of wood and is block-shaped, and that is disposed within a cross-section of at least a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the bumper main body portion, an axially central direction of annual growth rings of the wood of the reinforcing member being set to a direction that runs along the vehicle transverse direction.

2. The bumper reinforcement of claim 1 , wherein:
a power unit, at which an engine and a transaxle are connected in the vehicle transverse direction, is disposed at a vehicle longitudinal direction inner side of the vehicle transverse direction central portion of the bumper main body portion; and
the reinforcing member is disposed at a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of at least a connected portion of the engine and the transaxle.

3. The bumper reinforcement of claim 1 , wherein both end portions in the vehicle transverse direction of the reinforcing member are positioned further toward vehicle transverse direction outer sides than distal end portions of the side members.

4. The bumper reinforcement of claim 3 , wherein the reinforcing member includes a pair of left and right breakage starting point portions that are provided further toward a vehicle transverse direction inner side than the distal end portions of the side members.

5. The bumper reinforcement of claim 2 , wherein both end portions in the vehicle transverse direction of the reinforcing member are positioned further toward a vehicle transverse direction inner side than distal end portions of the side members and further toward vehicle transverse direction outer sides than the power unit.

6. The bumper reinforcement of claim 1 , further comprising side reinforcing members provided at both end portions in the vehicle transverse direction of the reinforcing member, which are positioned at vehicle longitudinal direction outer sides of distal end portions of the side members, the side reinforcing members being formed of wood and being block-shaped, an axially central direction of annual growth rings of the wood of the side reinforcing members being set to a direction that runs along the vehicle longitudinal direction.

7. The bumper reinforcement of claim 6 , wherein gaps are provided between the side reinforcing members and the reinforcing member.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Toyota Auto Body Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takayanagi Junichi
• Miura Toshihisa

Classifications

• B60R19/02 Primary

  Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects ({B60R19/56 takes precedence; initiating brake action by contact of bumper with an external object B60T7/22; for rail vehicles B61F19/04; safety equipment for cycles B62J27/00;} integral with waterborne vessels or specially adapted therefor B63B59/02) · CPC title

• B60R19/03 Primary

  characterised by material, e.g. composite (B60R19/18 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R2019/1806

  Structural beams therefor, e.g. shock-absorbing · CPC title

• B60R19/22 Primary

  containing {mainly} cellular material, e.g. solid foam · CPC title

• B60R2019/1813

  made of metal · CPC title