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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Paul Werner, Canton, MI (US);
Gregory Stanley Frederick, Sterling Hts, MI (US);
Jeffrey Leonard Bladow, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Shui-Fang (Ray) Chou, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/926 ; B60J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/926 ; B60J 7/00 ;
Abstract
A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes an energy absorber and a bumper beam connected to the energy absorber and for connection to vehicle structure and having a general B shape. The bumper system also includes a member disposed between the bumper beam and a rail of the motor vehicle to absorb energy during an impact with an object by the bumper system.