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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Applicant:
Darin Evans, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Inventor:
Darin Evans, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
NetShape international, LLC, Novi, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle bumper system includes a beam and a thermoformed energy absorber positioned on a face of the beam. The thermoformed energy absorber has a plurality of elongated crush boxes thermoformed from a base flange. Crush boxes near a center of the beam are up to about three inches deep, and as a result have side walls that are stretched when thermoformed, while crush boxes near ends of the beam are much shorter and hence not as thin. As a result, the center area has a softer impact intended to reduce pedestrian injury during impact.