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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Robert J. Marks, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David N. Evans, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jeremiah T. Hammer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Avinash S. Phadatare, Canton, MI (US);
Majid Shaikh, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A bumper assembly includes a bumper cover, a bumper reinforcement beam spaced apart from the bumper cover, and a low speed bumper energy absorber that extends along a front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam between the bumper cover and the bumper reinforcement beam. The low speed bumper energy absorber includes a body portion extending along the front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam, wherein at least a portion of the body portion is space apart from the bumper cover, and one or more air deflectors extending between the body portion and the bumper cover, wherein the one or more air deflectors substantially isolate a portion of the bumper assembly from air leakage through the bumper assembly.