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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Shigeyuki Nagai, Saitama, JP;
Shigekazu Koga, Saitama, JP;
Keiichi Honda, Saitama, JP;
Kazuyuki Fukagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Daisaku Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Sakae Sato, Toyama, JP;
Shigeyuki Nagai, Saitama, JP;
Shigekazu Koga, Saitama, JP;
Keiichi Honda, Saitama, JP;
Kazuyuki Fukagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Daisaku Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Sakae Sato, Toyama, JP;
Abstract
Bumper beam of a closed sectional shape includes: a vehicle-body-side inner wall portion to be mounted on a vehicle body; upper and lower outwardly-extending wall portions that extend from the upper and lower ends of the inner wall portion toward the outside of the vehicle body; an outer wall portion connecting the outwardly-extending wall portions; and at least one horizontal inner rib connecting the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion, the outer wall portion having a vertical wall portion extending vertically downward from the outer end of the upper outwardly-extending wall portion and a slanted wall portion slanted from the lower end of the vertical wall portion toward the vehicle body. Gusset of a closed sectional shape includes a horizontal rib for dispersing an impact force at least to the slanted wall portion.