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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
Jeffrey J. Mellis, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Gianfranco Gabbianelli, Troy, MI (US);
Erryn L. Langlois, Windsor, CA (US);
Mark A. Kessen, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Jeffrey J. Mellis, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Gianfranco Gabbianelli, Troy, MI (US);
Erryn L. Langlois, Windsor, CA (US);
Mark A. Kessen, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Magna International Inc., Aurora, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A bumper system for mounting to a frame assembly of a motor vehicle at one end of the motor vehicle includes a bumper beam and an energy absorber. The bumper beam includes an upper beam wall, a lower beam wall, and a central beam wall between the upper and lower beam walls. The energy absorber is mounted to the bumper beam and includes an upper absorber wall, a lower absorber wall, and a central absorber wall between the upper and lower absorber walls. The energy absorber has a height that is greater than a height of the bumper beam such that the upper absorber wall is spaced upwardly above the upper beam wall and the lower absorber wall is spaced downwardly below the lower beam wall.