Patent ID: 7992905
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A forward structure of a motor vehicle, comprising: a bumper cross member; an energy absorption element disposed in front of the bumper cross member viewed in a driving direction, the energy absorption element having opposite left and right sides, a rear surface facing the bumper cross member and a forward side contour opposite the rear surface; a plurality of recesses shaped into the forward side contour of the energy absorption element; wherein the plurality of recesses include left and right groups of recesses in proximity to the respective left and right sides of the energy absorption element and a center group of recesses between the left and right groups of recesses, the recesses in the left and right groups of said recesses penetrate completely through a depth of the energy absorption element viewed in the driving direction to form breakthroughs arranged in the energy absorption element, the recesses in the center group of said recesses penetrate only partly through the depth of the energy absorption element viewed in the driving direction; spaced apart crash-boxes, extending at least partially into at least one of the breakthroughs in the left group of recesses and at least partially into at least one of the breakthroughs in the right group of recesses wherein several of the crash-boxes are combined in a left insert, each of the crash-boxes of the left insert extending into a respective breakthrough in the left group of recesses, and wherein several of the crash-boxes are combined in a right insert, each of the crash-boxes of the right insert extending into a respective breakthrough in the right group of recesses.