Patent ID: 8251437
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A front assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising: a pair of vertical mounting plates, each vertical mounting plate configured to be mounted to a front end of one of a pair of upper longitudinal members of a chassis of the vehicle, and to a front end of one of a pair of lower longitudinal members of the chassis of the vehicle; and a front bumper shield comprising a one-piece plastic material frame with an upper bumper beam, a lower bumper beam, and two vertical impact absorbers connecting the upper and lower bumper beams at opposite ends of the upper and lower bumper beams, each of the two vertical impact absorbers each having rear faces configured to be fixed directly against a surface of one of the vertical mounting plates, wherein the two vertical impact absorbers have a cellular structure consisting of cells extending longitudinally through the two impact absorbers and opening onto at least one of the rear face and a front face of the bumper shield, and wherein the upper bumper beam is distanced from the lower bumper beam to form an open space within the front bumper shield extending continuously along a horizontal distance between a first of the two vertical impact absorbers to a second of the two vertical impact absorbers.