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Patent No.:

US 11052845 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2019

Cast bumper system and method of manufacturing same

Applicants:

Edward Karl Steinebach, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Jeremiah John Brady, Knoxville, TN (US);

Jeffrey Jay Mellis, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Richard Lee Winfree, Knoxville, TN (US);

Mark Justin Jones, Knoxville, TN (US);

Darren Andrew Womack, Windsor, CA;

Inventors:

Edward Karl Steinebach, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Jeremiah John Brady, Knoxville, TN (US);

Jeffrey Jay Mellis, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Richard Lee Winfree, Knoxville, TN (US);

Mark Justin Jones, Knoxville, TN (US);

Darren Andrew Womack, Windsor, CA;

Assignee:

MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Aurora, CA;

Attorney:

Dickinson Wright PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Jason S Daniels

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B60R 19/03 (2006.01); B23K 103/08 (2006.01); B23K 103/18 (2006.01); B23K 103/20 (2006.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B23K 101/28 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B22D 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B23K 31/02 (2013.01); B60R 19/023 (2013.01); B60R 19/03 (2013.01); B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B22D 25/02 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); B23K 2101/28 (2018.08); B23K 2103/04 (2018.08); B23K 2103/15 (2018.08); B23K 2103/18 (2018.08); B23K 2103/20 (2018.08); B60R 2019/1813 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bumper system including a bumper beam being cast from metal having a front panel and a back panel, extending between a first bumper beam end and a second bumper beam end. A plurality of reinforcing ribs integrally cast with the bumper beam extends between the front panel and the back panel defining a non-uniform cross-sectional profile along a portion of the bumper beam. The front panel includes a front center portion disposed between a pair of front side portions. The back panel includes a back center portion disposed between a pair of back side portions. The front center portion has a front center portion thickness greater than a back center portion thickness. Each of the front side portions has a front side portion thickness being less than a back side portion thickness of adjacent one of the back side portions. Method of manufacturing the bumper system is provided.

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