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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2006
Matthias Erzgräber, Darmstadt, DE;
Theobald Hock, Grossostheim, DE;
Heino Wentzien, Mainz, DE;
Stefan Glaser, Schifferstadt, DE;
Andreas Wüst, Zwingenberg, DE;
Matthias Erzgräber, Darmstadt, DE;
Theobald Hock, Grossostheim, DE;
Heino Wentzien, Mainz, DE;
Stefan Glaser, Schifferstadt, DE;
Andreas Wüst, Zwingenberg, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to, a bumper cross member, which is fixed to a stiff frame of the motor vehicle, a pliable bumper shell, a compressible structure which is formed between an upper area of the shell and the cross member and one support section which supports the lower area of the shell, which, together with a crash box holding the cross member is anchored to the flange plates of the frame.