Patent ID: 8480143

Claim:
A bumper assembly for an automotive vehicle comprising: a bumper beam for connection to a frame of the vehicle to extend laterally across the vehicle and including a stopper extending below a lower surface of the bumper beam, a forward surface of the stopper being approximately coplanar with a forward surface of the bumper beam; and an energy absorbing component extending laterally adjacent a front surface of the bumper beam and comprising a plurality of laterally-spaced bands, each band comprising an upper wall, a lower wall, and a forward wall, the bands joined with one another only along at least one of 1) adjacent rear edges of the upper walls and 2) adjacent rear edges of the lower walls, such that the bands are detached and spaced from one another forward of the rear edges of the upper and lower walls, wherein at least one of the bands is located forward of the stopper and has an extended-depth front wall extending downwardly below the lower surface of the bumper beam and a lower wall lower than the lower surface of the bumper beam.