Patent ID: 9604586
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,B60R

Claim:
1. A bumper structure for a motor vehicle comprising a bumper cross member having an insert of fiber-reinforced composite material and reinforcing structures molded onto the insert, and wherein at least one first groove is formed onto the insert, and the reinforcing structures encompass ribs formed in the first groove, wherein the ribs extend inclined in relation to a longitudinal direction of the at least one first groove from a first lateral wall of the at least one first groove to a second lateral wall, wherein the insert is further formed into a second groove, and the at least one first groove and second groove are open toward opposing sides of the insert, wherein the first and second grooves share a lateral wall, and wherein ribs of the second groove extend so as to lengthen one respective rib of the first groove.