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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Craig Harris, Saline, MI (US);
Edgardo Reyes-Crespo, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Scott L. Frederick, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/44 (2006.01); B60R 19/24 (2006.01); B60R 19/22 (2006.01); B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1866 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bumper includes a bumper beam assembly including a bumper reinforcement beam having a bumper central portion and bumper extension portions at outboard ends of the bumper reinforcement beam. A reinforcement bracket is positioned on a front side of the bumper beam assembly at an outboard end of the bumper beam assembly. An energy diverting bumper structure is positioned on a front side of the reinforcement bracket.