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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:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kees Marijnissen, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Stephen F. Shuler, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Srikanth M. Santhanam, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/904 ;
Abstract
A bumper assembly ( ) for an automotive vehicle. The bumper assembly includes comprises a beam ( ) and an energy absorber ( ). In one example embodiment, the energy absorber is tunable for meeting predetermined criteria for both low speed and pedestrian impacts.