Patent ID: 9643555
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A bumper assembly for a passenger car comprising: a bumper cover configured to cover a cross-member; at least one reinforcement element configured to reinforce the bumper cover underneath the cross-member; and at least one sensor, which is coupled to the reinforcement element, configured to sense a deformation of the reinforcement element which results from a collision of the passenger car with a pedestrian, wherein the reinforcement element has at least one chamber filled with a gas, which chamber is configured to be deformed as a result of the collision, and to which the at least one sensor is coupled such that a change in pressure in the chamber resulting from the deformation is sensed by the at least one sensor, wherein reinforcement element is supported on a carrier element of the passenger car such that a load path from the carrier element to a lower leg of the pedestrian is provided in the event of the collision.