Patent ID: 8585106

Claim:
An energy absorption system for installation between bumper and transverse beam of a motor vehicle comprising: a front soft part that faces the bumper and acts as a soft component; and a rear hard part that faces the transverse beam and acts as a hard component, wherein the soft part and the hard part each extend over the entire width of the vehicle, and the soft part and the hard part are interlocked, wherein the hard part consists of a support part, wherein on the hard part's side facing the soft part, a multiplicity of individual segments are arranged which are spaced apart from each other at a distance (b) and project from the support part, and each segment extends vertically over the entire height of the energy absorption system, and wherein the segments are triangular in cross-section, wherein a first transverse limb is arranged on the support part or is identical therewith in a partial area, and starting from this transverse limb, two distribution limbs extend toward the soft part.