Bumper reinforcement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11247622-B2
Application number	US-202016733395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2020
Priority date	Jan 9, 2019
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A bumper reinforcement includes a body portion joined to a vehicle body front end portion through portions of the body portion on a first direction side and a second direction side in the vehicle width direction, and a reinforcing member joined to the body portion along the body portion. The body portion includes a first standard rigidity region, a high rigidity region, and a second standard rigidity region arrayed next to each other in this order in the vehicle width direction. The high rigidity region has rigidity higher than rigidity of the first standard rigidity region and rigidity of the second standard rigidity region and is positioned in a center of the body portion in the vehicle width direction. The reinforcing member is provided so as to at least partially overlap the high rigidity region and the first standard rigidity region through a first boundary position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bumper reinforcement comprising:
a body portion that extends in a vehicle width direction and is joined to a vehicle body front end portion through portions of the body portion on a first direction side and a second direction side in the vehicle width direction; and
a reinforcing member joined to the body portion along the body portion, wherein:
the body portion includes a first standard rigidity region, a high rigidity region, and a second standard rigidity region that are arrayed next to each other in this order in the vehicle width direction;
the high rigidity region has rigidity higher than rigidity of the first standard rigidity region and rigidity of the second standard rigidity region and is positioned in a center of the body portion in the vehicle width direction;
the first standard rigidity region is positioned on the first direction side of the high rigidity region in the vehicle width direction;
the second standard rigidity region is positioned on the second direction side of the high rigidity region in the vehicle width direction; and
the reinforcing member is provided so as to at least partially overlap the high rigidity region and the first standard rigidity region through a first boundary position so that the reinforcing member crosses the first boundary position, the first boundary position being at a position of a boundary between the high rigidity region and the first standard rigidity region in the vehicle width direction.

2. The bumper reinforcement according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is provided so that a position of an edge of the reinforcing member on the second direction side almost coincides with a second boundary position between the high rigidity region and the second standard rigidity region in the vehicle width direction.

3. The bumper reinforcement according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is provided so as to overlap the first standard rigidity region throughout an entire length of the first standard rigidity region in the vehicle width direction from an end on the first direction side through an end on the second direction side of the first standard rigidity region.

4. The bumper reinforcement according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is joined to a surface of the body portion, the surface being located on a vehicle body side.

5. The bumper reinforcement according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is carbon fiber reinforced plastic.

6. The bumper reinforcement according to claim 5 , wherein carbon fiber contained in the carbon fiber reinforced plastic of the reinforcing member extends along the vehicle width direction.

7. A bumper reinforcement according to claim 1 , wherein in the vehicle width direction, a first distance from a position of an edge of the reinforcing member on the first direction side to a position of the center of the body portion is greater than a second distance from a position of an edge of the reinforcing member on the second direction side to the position of the center of the body portion.

Assignees

• Aisin Corp
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sugimoto Shiho
• Kita Kiyoichi
• Shobo Jun
• Takayanagi Junichi
• Hayashi Ryoichi
• Saito Naohiro

Classifications

• B60R19/03 Primary

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

• B60R19/023 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• B60R2019/1853

  of reinforced plastic material · CPC title

• B60R2021/0025

  Pole collision · CPC title

• B60K5/12

  Arrangement of engine supports · CPC title