Patent ID: 8939480
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A collision energy absorbing assembly for a land vehicle comprising: a bumper beam disposed at a front end of the vehicle; at least one crush can disposed rearward of the bumper beam; a frame assembly of the vehicle disposed rearward of the crush can; and an impact absorbing attachment attached to the bumper beam and contacting a lateral side of one of the crush cans, wherein the impact absorbing apparatus includes a central body that is planar in shape and attachable to the bumper beam with a leading edge of the central body contacting the bumper beam and a trailing edge of the central body spaced from the bumper beam, a first edge and a second edge of the central body extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge, a first wall and a second wall extend from the first edge and the second edge to the crush can, and a rib extends from the central body away from the crush can.