Patent ID: 9643461
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B60D

Claim:
1. A hook bracket to be mounted to a bumper reinforce having front and rear walls and a hollow cross-section, the hook bracket comprising: an aluminum alloy extrusion including a shaft portion able to penetrate from the front wall of the bumper reinforce to the rear wall of the bumper reinforce so that a front portion of the extrusion can be welded to the front wall of the bumper reinforce and a rear portion of the extrusion can be welded to the rear wall of the bumper reinforce, and a hole provided in the shaft portion and extending in a longitudinal direction of the shaft portion from the front portion of the extrusion toward the rear portion of the extrusion, wherein the extrusion has a cut extending into a wall of the extrusion and extended from the rear portion of the extrusion toward the front portion of the extrusion, and wherein the cut does not extend to the front portion of the extrusion.