VEHICLE BUMPER BEAM - TOYOTA TEKKO KK

Title:

VEHICLE BUMPER BEAM

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/088765

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A vehicle bumper beam which can be easily mounted to a vehicle body without requiring a separate support plate and which is configured so as to reduce the manufacturing cost of the vehicle bumper beam by simplifying the shape thereof while ensuring that the vehicle bumper beam has predetermined rigidity. Mounting sections (26) are integrally provided to impact absorbing sections (24). As a result, a vehicle bumper beam can be mounted to side members (12) without requiring a separate support plate. This improves mounting efficiency and reduces the number of parts, reducing manufacturing cost. The beam body (22) of a resin beam (20) is integrally connected to the mounting sections (26) through bent sections (32) which are bent in a crank shape, and a metallic beam (40) is provided so as to reach the impact absorbing sections (24) from the intermediate curve section (30) of the beam body (22) through the bent sections (32). The configuration allows the elimination of a reinforcement rib or the like for the resin beam (20) to simplify the shape of the vehicle bumper beam while ensuring that the vehicle bumper beam has predetermined rigidity, and as a result, the manufacturing cost is reduced.

Inventors:

KANO MITSUTOSHI (JP)
YOSHIMURA YASUHIRO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2012/067235

Publication Date:

June 20, 2013

Filing Date:

July 05, 2012

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

TOYOTA TEKKO KK (JP)
KANO MITSUTOSHI (JP)
YOSHIMURA YASUHIRO (JP)

International Classes:

B60R19/04; B60R19/18

Foreign References:

JP2005520735A	2005-07-14
JP2008001204A	2008-01-10
JPS63203309A	1988-08-23
JP2002240658A	2002-08-28
JPH04252754A	1992-09-08
JP2005520735A	2005-07-14

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