Structural member for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11472359-B2
Application number	US-201916977456-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2019
Priority date	Mar 14, 2018
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

A structural member for a vehicle includes bumper stays having a tubular configuration and fixed to each of front ends of a pair of front side members included in a vehicle, and a tubular bumper beam provided with holes and into which the bumper stay is inserted. Each of the bumper stays includes a first shock absorbing portion and a second shock absorbing portion provided adjacent to the first shock absorbing portion on an outer side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A structural member for a vehicle comprising:
bumper stays having a tubular configuration and fixed to each of front ends of a pair of front side members of the vehicle; and
a tubular bumper beam provided with holes to which the bumper stays are inserted,
wherein each of the bumper stays comprises:
a first shock absorbing portion having an insertion portion joined to the bumper beam at one of the holes in an expanded state; and
a second shock absorbing portion extending in the same direction as the first shock absorbing portion and provided outwardly and adjacently with respect to the first shock absorbing portion;
wherein each of the first shock absorbing portion and the second shock absorbing portion of each of the bumper stays has a closed cross section shape in a cross section orthogonal to a direction in which the bumper stay extends; and
wherein for each of the bumper stays the closed cross section shape of the first shock absorbing portion is substantially the same size as the closed cross section shape of the second shock absorbing portion.

2. The structural member for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first shock absorbing portion is fixed to the front side member, and
wherein the second shock absorbing portion of the bumper stay extends outwardly with respect to the front side member.

3. The structural member for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a cross section of the bumper stay orthogonal to a direction in which the bumper stay extends comprising:
a first octagonal portion; and
a second octagonal portion disposed adjacent to the first octagonal portion, and
wherein the first octagonal portion and the second octagonal portion share one partition wall.

4. The structural member for vehicle according claim 1 , wherein the bumper beam comprising an opposed wall opposite to an end portion of the second absorbing portion in a direction in which the bumper stay extends, and
wherein the end portion of the second absorbing portion and the opposed wall of the bumper beam are disposed at an interval in a direction in which the bumper stay extends.

5. The structural member for vehicle according claim 1 , wherein a dimension of the bumper beam in a vehicle width direction is larger than 85% of a vehicle width of the vehicle, and
wherein a dimension of the bumper stay in the vehicle width direction is larger than 17.5% of the vehicle width of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Yamakawa Taiki
• Hashimura Toru
• Maeda Yasuhiro

Classifications

• B60R19/18

  {characterised by the cross-section;} Means within the bumper to absorb impact · CPC title

• F16F7/12

  using plastic deformation of members {(F16F9/30 takes precedence; yieldable means for mounting bumpers on vehicles B60R19/26; yieldable or collapsible steering columns B62D1/192)} · CPC title

• B60R19/04

  formed from more than one section {in a side-by-side arrangement} · CPC title

• B60R19/34 Primary

  destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type · CPC title

• B60R2019/1806

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