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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1995
Jeffrey L Bladow, Novi, MI (US);
Robert E Kosior, Livonia, MI (US);
Piyush P Parikh, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A rear bumper assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided, which includes a bumper bar, an energy absorbing mechanism, a bumper cover overlying the energy absorbing mechanism of the bumper bar, and a rigid extension panel secured to the vehicle body and positioned to present an abutting surface to a stop surface formed on the bumper cover at a position intermediate of a vertically extending part of the vehicle body and essentially coplanar with it to prevent contact between the bumper cover and the vertically extending portion of the vehicle body during impact-induced compression.