Patent ID: 9527463
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B60R,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A bumper beam assembly comprising: a bumper reinforcement beam that connects to right and left side members of a vehicle at a rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam at a respective bumper beam connecting location and that extend rearward therefrom in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and a spacer member connected to the rear face outboard of the bumper beam connecting location, the spacer member comprising a front wall, a rear wall, an inboard wall and an outboard wall, the inboard and outboard walls extend between the front wall and rear wall in a vehicle longitudinal direction; wherein the front wall is connected to the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam at a connecting portion, the front wall including a chamfer wall portion outboard of the connecting portion that is separated from the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam providing a space between the chamfer wall portion and the rear face of the bumper reinforcement beam, the chamfer wall portion terminating inboard of an outboard end of the bumper reinforcement beam.