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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1975
Conrad Oehlerking, Braunschweig, DT;
Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DT;
Abstract
A vehicle has, at at least one end, bumper apparatus that includes a bumper oriented transversely of the vehicle and located at a particular distance from a traveled surface on which the vehicle is supported. In order to maintain the distance between the bumper and the traveled surface generally constant, a support is provided for the bumper. The support is coupled to two mounts that impact different movements to the support upon movement generally perpendicular to the traveled surface by a vehicle body portion located adjacent the bumper. The different movements imparted to the support effect movement of the bumper relative to the adjacent vehicle body portion opposite in direction and approximately equal in amplitude to the movement of the vehicle body portion. In one embodiment, the support includes a lever and the bumper is mounted at one end of the lever. The lever is coupled to its two mounts at its other end and intermediate its ends, respectively.