Bumper absorber

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11801799-B2
Application number	US-202117550139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2021
Priority date	Dec 16, 2020
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

In order to absorb collision energy so as to prevent an increase in reaction force against a pedestrian to a level higher than or equal to a certain level during collision, a bumper absorber of the present invention includes: a trunk part that extends in an X direction and that is simply compressed in the X direction in response to an impact; and a branch part that branches off from the trunk part toward a rear of a vehicle body, the branch part having a branching part in which the branch part branches off from the trunk part and which is provided with a breakage inducing part that causes breakage between the trunk part and the branch part in response to the impact.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bumper absorber provided in a bumper system inside a vehicle body, the bumper absorber comprising:
a trunk part that has a rear surface that is flat, that extends in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body, and that is simply compressed in the front-to-rear direction in response to an impact of a collision object; and
at least one branch part that has a rear surface that is flat and that branches off from the trunk part toward a rear of the vehicle body,
wherein the branch part has a branching part in which the branch part branches off from the trunk part and which is provided with a breakage inducing part that causes breakage between the trunk part and the branch part in response to the impact,
wherein the rear surface of the trunk part is configured to be in contact with a bumper reinforcement.

2. The bumper absorber as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the breakage inducing part is provided on a side of a space defined by the trunk part and the branch part.

3. The bumper absorber as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the breakage inducing part is a groove that is recessed in the branching part in a direction opposite to a direction in which the trunk part is compressed.

4. The bumper absorber as set forth in claim 1 , wherein at least the trunk part is made of resin foam.

5. The bumper absorber as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the trunk part has a lower surface that has an inclination angle θ 1 in a range of 0°≤θ 1 ≤5° with respect to a horizontal plane.

6. The bumper absorber as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the branch part has an inclination angle θ 4 in a range of 0°<θ 4 ≤75° with respect to a horizontal plane.

7. The bumper absorber as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the rear surface of the trunk part and the rear surface of the at least one branch part are provided at a same position in an X-direction.

8. The bumper absorber as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the trunk part extends in the front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body, and is simply compressed in the front-to-rear direction in response to the impact of the collision object without being inverted or overturned.

9. The bumper absorber as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the bumper absorber that is subjected to the impact on a front surface causes the at least one branch part to be broken and separated from the trunk part that is simply compressed.

Assignees

• Kaneka Corp
• Chugai Co Ltd
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Tamura Mitsuhiro
• Sawai Seiji
• Kikuchi Yusuke
• Nakamura Yuuki
• Kotake Shota
• Yukimoto Yoshikazu

Classifications

• B60R19/18 Primary

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

• B60R19/22

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

• B60R2019/1873

  Cellular materials · CPC title

• B60R19/34 Primary

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