Motor vehicle bumper assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12017490-B2
Application number	US-202318237424-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2023
Priority date	Aug 25, 2022
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle has a cross member and crash boxes. The cross member has a front side open profile with a rear wall and an upper leg and a lower leg. Furthermore, a tow bushing is provided. The tow bushing is able to be arranged above the upper leg or below the lower leg and is able to be arranged laterally offset next to a crash box.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a cross member; and
crash boxes,
the cross member comprising:
a profile which is open towards a front side of the cross member;
a rear wall;
an upper leg and a lower leg; and
a tow bushing, wherein
the tow bushing is arranged above the upper leg or below the lower leg, the tow bushing is attached to a bracket which is joined to the cross member, and
the bracket comprises a front flange and a rear flange, the front flange and the rear flange arranged at a distance from one another in a longitudinal axis of the tow bushing which is joined to the front flange and the rear flange.

2. The bumper assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tow bushing is arranged laterally offset next to one of the crash boxes.

3. The bumper assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bracket is joined to an adjacent crash box of the crash boxes.

4. The bumper assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises a first L-profile and a second L-profile, which are placed together to form a hollow profile.

5. The bumper assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the front flange has a first receptacle, the rear flange has a second receptacle, and the tow bushing is held in the first and second receptacles.

6. The bumper assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the bracket has a connection area on a lower end of the bracket, the lower end being on a side of the cross member, and
in the connection area, the bracket rests on and is joined with
the upper leg or the lower leg, and
the rear wall of the cross member.

7. The bumper assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cross member has a striking plate in at least one of
an area in front of one of the crash boxes, or
an area of the bracket.

8. The bumper assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a front web on a front side of a leg of the upper leg and the lower leg, which front web is directed transversely to the leg.

9. The bumper assembly according to claim 8 , further comprising:
an outer web which is adjoined to the front web, and is angled towards the motor vehicle; and
an end web which is angled away from the outer web and is connected to the outer web at least in sections.

10. The bumper assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the bracket is supported on, and is at least partially joined with, at least one of the front web, the outer web or the end web.

Assignees

• Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh

Inventors

• Schiller Andreas
• Mollemeier Elmar

Classifications

• B60R2019/1806

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

• B60R19/48

  combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds · CPC title

• B60R19/34

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

• B60R19/18 Primary

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

• B60D1/485

  mounted by means of transversal members attached to the frame of a vehicle · CPC title