Patent ID: 7401825
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A bumper, comprising: a pair of spaced apart section walls that act as compressive and tensile struts, and a pair of flanking walls that join together the section walls to form a main hollow section member; and attachment means for mounting the main hollow section member onto longitudinal beams of a vehicle, the attachment means having at least one side wall and two transverse walls that form an attachment hollow section beam having, at a first end, a push fit length that extends in a longitudinal direction and matches an inner cross-section of the longitudinal beams, and a second end with collar parts that project from end edges of the hollow section beam and are aligned substantially parallel to the transverse walls, wherein the attachment means includes two sidewalls and a plurality of chambers running parallel to a middle axis, which chambers are delimited by the side walls and inner plates extending between the side walls, wherein the collar parts are two channel-shaped lengths with upper edges pointing away from the middle axis of the attachment means and flanking walls delimiting a channel base.