Patent ID: 6951365
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: B60Q,F21S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body subassembly for mounting to a vehicle, said vehicle body subassembly having a predetermined form and being adapted to resiliently absorb an impact for enhancing pedestrian safety, said vehicle body subassembly comprising: a housing; a reinforcement member; means for mounting said housing to said vehicle, wherein at least a portion of said means for mounting is resiliently deformable to enable said vehicle body subassembly to absorb said impact and recover said predetermined form; and means for mounting said reinforcement member to said housing, wherein at least a portion of at least one of said housing, said reinforcement member, and said means for attaching is resiliently deformable to enable said vehicle body subassembly to absorb said impact, whereby risk of injury can be reduced during a vehicle-pedestrian collision.