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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);
Jeremiah T. Hammer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Avinash S. Phadatare, Canton, MI (US);
Robert J. Marks, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David N. Evans, Ypsilanti, 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, 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, and a low force energy absorber positioned below the low speed bumper energy absorber. The low force energy absorber includes a body portion extending along the front surface of the bumper reinforcement beam and one or more air deflectors extending from an upper surface of the body portion between the low speed bumper energy absorber and the bumper cover. The one or more air deflectors are configured to substantially isolate a portion of the bumper assembly from air leakage through the bumper assembly.