Patent ID: 7100952
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A bumper beam for a passenger vehicle comprising: an elongated reinforcement beam having a front face and a rear face; the reinforcement beam including front, rear, top and bottom first walls forming a top tube, and including front, rear, top and bottom second walls forming a bottom tube, and further including front and rear third walls extending between the bottom first wall and the top second wall to define a middle tube; the front first wall having a first vertical portion, a first angled portion, and a first bent portion connecting the first vertical and angled portions; the front second wall extending at an angle relative to the first vertical portion of the front first wall; the front third wall having a third angled portion aligned with and extending from the third angled portion and further having a reversely angled portion extending from the first angled portion at a different angle than the first angled portion.