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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Ryan Craig Harris, Saline, MI (US);
Edgardo Reyes-Crespo, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Scott L. Frederick, Brighton, MI (US);
Palani Palaniappan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Avinash S. Phadatare, Canton, MI (US);
Kristin Zwirlein, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Sanjeev Gupta, Northville, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A bumper includes a bumper reinforcement beam and a reinforcement bracket positioned on a front side of the bumper reinforcement beam at an outboard end of the bumper reinforcement beam. An energy diverting bumper structure is positioned on a front side of the reinforcement bracket. The energy diverting bumper structure is connected directly to the reinforcement bracket and is connected indirectly to the bumper reinforcement beam through the reinforcement bracket.