Patent ID: 11970122
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A motor vehicle bumper assembly comprising:
a main bumper body;
an actuator including a bracket mounted to the main bumper body, a screw jack supported by the bracket, and a trolley driven to translate by the screw jack;
a lower support mounted to the trolley;
a grille opening;
wherein the actuator is configured to translate the lower support relative to the main bumper body from an integrated position to a deployed position;
wherein the main bumper body defines a top and side edges of the grille opening and the lower support is the frontmost surface defining a bottom edge of the grille opening in the integrated position; and
wherein the lower support is positioned forward of and overlaps a stationary lower portion of the main bumper body in the integrated position, and the stationary lower portion is the frontmost surface defining the bottom edge of the grille opening in the deployed position.