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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Seishiro Murata, Saitama, JP;
Satoru Shioya, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Masayuki Fukuda, Kanuma, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
JSP Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bumper for attachment to the front of a vehicle, includes an elongated bumper beam having a front face provided with at least one rearwardly depressed portion extending lengthwise of the bumper beam, a compressable energy absorbing foam material extending lengthwise of the bumper beam, and a bumper fascia covering the foam material. The foam material has a first portion received in the depressed portion and a second portion protruding forwardly from the front face of the bumper beam such that the second portion is compressed into the depressed portion upon receipt of a collision impact.