Patent ID: 7735902
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A front structure of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having left and right vehicle longitudinal beams extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction on opposite transverse sides of the motor vehicle, the front structure of the motor vehicle comprising: a plate extending in a vehicle transverse direction, a lower bumper that runs in the vehicle transverse direction at a position forward of the plate and an upper bumper arranged above said lower bumper, left and right ends of the lower bumper being supported on the plate by left and right lower crash boxes and left and right ends of the upper bumper being supported on the plate and the vehicle longitudinal beams by left and right upper crash boxes, the lower bumper defining a closed hollow profile and at least two substantially vertically running stiffening elements extending between the upper and lower bumpers, the stiffening elements each defining a hollow profile.