Patent ID: 8100444
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A bumper system for a motor vehicle, comprising: a stiff frame of the motor vehicle having flange plates for connecting to the stiff frame; a bumper cross member and crash-boxes, the bumper cross member operably connected to the stiff frame by the crash-boxes; a malleable bumper shell; a compressible structure configured between an upper area of the malleable bumper shell and the bumper cross member; and a support section supporting a lower area of the malleable bumper shell, wherein both the support section and the crash-boxes are fastened to the flange plates of the stiff frame, and wherein the support section includes a cross beam and two support arms each extending rearwardly from the cross beam to connect the support section with the flange plates, and the cross beam and the support arms are respectively configured to include a C-Profile and an I-Profile, wherein the C-Profile has outer webs that overlap with the I-Profile, and wherein the cross beam has cross beam ribs that run between the outer webs and the support arms have support arm ribs that run along an inside of the I-Profile, the cross beam ribs and the support arm ribs are cooperatively configured to stiffen the cross beam and the support arms.