Patent ID: 6648385
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle, comprising: a bumper; and at least one deformation element arranged to attach the bumper to a beam of the vehicle transverse to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the deformation element having a square cross section and two first side walls that are spaced apart and are joined together by two second side walls that are spaced apart, the first and second side walls have first and second grooves that run transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and are arranged in pairs opposite each other, each in a common plane, the first grooves extend over an entire width of the first side walls and the second grooves extend over only a middle part of the second side walls, leaving groove-free region at both edges, the first grooves being arranged in pairs in first planes and the second grooves being arranged in pairs in second planes situated between two subsequent first planes, so that the second planes and the first planes are different.