Bumper reinforcement for automobile

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020282932-A1
Application number	US-202016788368-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 12, 2020
Priority date	Mar 8, 2019
Publication date	Sep 10, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

To compensate for a decrease in reaction force of a bumper reinforcement, which is made of an aluminum alloy extrusion having two end portions subjected to bend forming and crushed portions on the respective end portions, against an impact load in end impact involved in crushing, and compensate for a decrease in energy absorption amount of the bumper reinforcement. Assuming a space between two flanges includes a first region from a center line of the thickness between the flanges to an outer flange and a second region from the center line to an inner flange in a cross section of the crushed portion perpendicular to an extrusion direction, area of the webs located in one (for example, the first region) of the two regions is larger than area of the webs located in the other region (for example, the second region).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An automotive bumper reinforcement, comprising an aluminum alloy hollow extrusion having a closed section structure and configured of an outer flange, an inner flange, and a plurality of webs connecting the flanges together,
the aluminum alloy hollow extrusion having two end portions bent toward a body and having a crushed portion in each of the end portions so as to have a smaller thickness than an original thickness between the flanges, wherein assuming a space between the flanges includes a region from a center line of the thickness between the flanges to the outer flange and a region from the center line to the inner flange in a cross section of the crushed portion perpendicular to an extrusion direction, area of the webs located in one of the two regions is larger than area of the webs located in the other region.

2 . The automotive bumper reinforcement according to claim 1 , wherein area of the webs located in the region from the center line to the outer flange is larger than area of the webs located in the region from the center line to the inner flange.

3 . The automotive bumper reinforcement according to claim 2 , wherein each web is in contact with the outer flange in part of the crushed portion.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Morita Shinya
• Hashimoto Narikazu
• Tsuyoshi Tsunetake
• Tabata Koji

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

• B21C23/14

  Making other products · CPC title

• B60R19/18 Primary

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

• B60R2019/182

  of light metal, e.g. extruded · CPC title

• B60R19/023

  Details · CPC title