Patent ID: 8419091
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A bumper for an automobile, comprising a crossbeam defining a length and a transverse center plane and being constructed symmetrically with respect to the transverse center plane, wherein the crossbeam is at least partially curved along the length and comprises openings disposed in walls of the crossbeam and is formed from at least two longitudinal profiles having a longitudinal direction and configured for attachment transversely to side rails of an automobile frame defining a longitudinal direction of the automobile frame, wherein at least one longitudinal profile is roll-formed, said at least two longitudinal profiles comprising longitudinal walls, wherein the longitudinal walls of adjacent longitudinal profiles abut each other so as to form a double web congruent with the transverse center plane and oriented in the longitudinal direction of the automobile frame and wherein the abutting longitudinal profiles are connected with one another, the bumper further comprising an exterior reinforcement component constructed as a clamp having legs oriented in the longitudinal direction of the automobile frame away from the automobile frame and at least partially encompassing the at least two longitudinal profiles so as to hold the at least two longitudinal profiles together along the double web in absence of additional fasteners.