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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Paul Maria-antonius Slaats, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kanichi Saito, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paxton Steven Williams, Milan, MI (US);
Joseph Charles Walusek, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sagar Vilas Kulkarni, Troy, MI (US);
Paul Maria-Antonius Slaats, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kanichi Saito, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paxton Steven Williams, Milan, MI (US);
Joseph Charles Walusek, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sagar Vilas Kulkarni, Troy, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a first side member having first lower and upper darts. The motor vehicle also includes a second side member parallel with and spaced apart from the first side member, the second side member having second lower and upper darts. The upper darts are positioned between the lower darts and end portions of the respective first or second side members. The motor vehicle further includes first and second bumper brackets coupled to the end portion of the respective first or second side members, a bumper reinforcement member coupled to the first and second bumper brackets, and a counter rotation bracket coupled to the bumper reinforcement member and extending upwards from the bumper reinforcement member. The lower darts and the upper darts form a preferential buckling zone of the first and the second side members.