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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin D Ditto, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
A Hadi Abu Akeel, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
293 / ; 293 97 ;
Abstract
A low-cost, easily fabricated bumper structure for the alleviation of repeated, low-magnitude impact shocks on a vehicle. The bumpers utilize structural elements of fiberglass or similar lightweight, high-strength materials to absorb energy of impact. The fiberglass elements of the subject bumper are fabricated by relatively inexpensive manufacturing processes, such as molding, pulltruding or extruding.