Patent ID: 8096596

Claim:
Bumper beam for a vehicle, said bumper beam having two attachment portions ( 15 , 16 ) with a U-shaped cross section open towards the vehicle, characterised in that each said attachment portion has a reinforcing member ( 29 ) in the form of a hat-profile, located within the attachment portion and across the latter, each of the reinforcing members ( 29 ) having webs ( 31 , 32 ) welded to the webs ( 13 , 14 ) of each of the attachment portions, the webs ( 31 , 32 ) of the reinforcing members ( 29 ) having side flanges ( 33 , 34 ) for attachment to a structural part of the vehicle ,the reinforcing members being received in the attachment portions such that the webs of the reinforcing members are oriented to form transverse bulkheads in the attachment portions of the bumper beam; each said reinforcing member extending between a forwardmost position in which said reinforcing member is attached to the bumper beam, and a rearmost position in which said reinforcing member is attached to said structural part of the vehicle; said webs of said reinforcing members forming said transverse bulkheads tending to decrease twisting of the bumper beam in a collision.