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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2006
Michael Roll, Bielefeld, DE;
Ulrich Lütke-bexten, Paderborn, DE;
Wilhelm Arns, Paderborn, DE;
Elmar Mollemeier, Paderborn, DE;
Michael Roll, Bielefeld, DE;
Ulrich Lütke-Bexten, Paderborn, DE;
Wilhelm Arns, Paderborn, DE;
Elmar Mollemeier, Paderborn, DE;
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Abstract
A bumper for a motor vehicle includes a cross member disposed transversely to side rails of a motor vehicle frame and having a U-shaped cross section with a wall and two legs extending from opposite ends of the wall. The cross member is supported via integral crash boxes against the side rails. Each crash box has a cross member proximal end which abuts against the wall of the cross member, and includes vertical legs and horizontal legs to define a casing-like configuration. The wall of the cross member is formed in an area of the cross member proximal end of the crash box with a depression which extends in a direction of the crash box, with the vertical legs of the crash box joined at the cross member proximal end to the wall of the cross member, and with the horizontal legs of the crash box spaced from the wall of the cross member by a distance.