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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
United States Council for Automotive Research, Llc, Southfield, MI (US);
Elisabeth Berger, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Leland Decker, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Dale Armstrong, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
James Truskin, Plymouth, MI (US);
Praveen Pasupuleti, Southfield, MI (US);
Ramesh Dwarmpudi, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Doroudian, Novi, MI (US);
UNITED STATES COUNCIL FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH, LLC, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A front bumper beam and crush can (FBCC) system is provided for a vehicle. A bumper beam has an interior surface with a plurality of ribs extending therefrom. The ribs and the interior surface are made of a chopped fiber composite and cooperate to engage a crush can. The chopped fiber composite reinforces the engaging surfaces of the crush can and the interior surface of the bumper beam. The crush can has a tubular body made of a continuous fiber composite. The crush can has outwardly-extending flanges at an end spaced away from the bumper beam. The flanges are at least partially provided with a layer of chopped fiber composite to reinforce a joint between the outwardly-extending flange and the vehicle frame.