General Electric Company

Kees Marijnissen

Roy Gilsing

Stephen Shuler

Srikanth M Santhanam

A fender for absorbing forces generated from an impact includes a depending attachment flange which comprises a vertically aligned section depending from an exterior portion of the fender and a horizontally aligned section depending from the vertically aligned section adapted for mounting to a vehicle wherein the vertically aligned section includes a plurality of contoured portions for enhancing the stiffness of the vertically aligned section.

Energy absorbing vehicle fender

A bumper assembly ( ) for an automotive vehicle. The bumper assembly includes comprises a beam ( ) and an energy absorber ( ). In one example embodiment, the energy absorber is tunable for meeting predetermined criteria for both low speed and pedestrian impacts.

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Oosterhout, Netherlands

Kees Marijnissen