BUMPER REINFORCEMENT

• US 20190084512A1
• Filed: 07/30/2018
• Published: 03/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: TAKAYANAGI, Junichi, MIURA, Toshihisa
• Granted Patent: US 10,501,036 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 5/04 with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, transversely to the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/03 characterised by material, e.g. composite B60R19/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/18 characterised by the cross-section; Means within the bumper to absorb impact
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 19/22 containing mainly cellular material, e.g. solid foam
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2019/1806 Structural beams therefor, e.g. shock-absorbing
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2019/1813 made of metal

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a bumper reinforcement including: a bumper main body portion extending in a vehicle transverse direction and is provided at a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of a pair of left and right side members, the pair of left and right side members being disposed at a vehicle front portion or a vehicle rear portion and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and a reinforcing member formed of wood and is block-shaped, and that is disposed within a cross-section of at least a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the bumper main body portion, an axially central direction of annual growth rings of the wood of the reinforcing member being set to a direction that runs along the vehicle transverse direction.

Claims

1. A bumper reinforcement comprising:

a bumper main body portion extending in a vehicle transverse direction and is provided at a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of a pair of left and right side members, the pair of left and right side members being disposed at a vehicle front portion or a vehicle rear portion and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and

a reinforcing member formed of wood and is block-shaped, and that is disposed within a cross-section of at least a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the bumper main body portion, an axially central direction of annual growth rings of the wood of the reinforcing member being set to a direction that runs along the vehicle transverse direction.

2. The bumper reinforcement of claim 1, wherein:

a power unit, at which an engine and a transaxle are connected in the vehicle transverse direction, is disposed at a vehicle longitudinal direction inner side of the vehicle transverse direction central portion of the bumper main body portion; and

the reinforcing member is disposed at a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of at least a connected portion of the engine and the transaxle.

3. The bumper reinforcement of claim 1, wherein both end portions in the vehicle transverse direction of the reinforcing member are positioned further toward vehicle transverse direction outer sides than distal end portions of the side members.

4. The bumper reinforcement of claim 3, wherein the reinforcing member includes a pair of left and right breakage starting point portions that are provided further toward a vehicle transverse direction inner side than the distal end portions of the side members.

5. The bumper reinforcement of claim 2, wherein both end portions in the vehicle transverse direction of the reinforcing member are positioned further toward a vehicle transverse direction inner side than distal end portions of the side members and further toward vehicle transverse direction outer sides than the power unit.

6. The bumper reinforcement of claim 1, further comprising side reinforcing members provided at both end portions in the vehicle transverse direction of the reinforcing member, which are positioned at vehicle longitudinal direction outer sides of distal end portions of the side members, the side reinforcing members being formed of wood and being block-shaped, an axially central direction of annual growth rings of the wood of the side reinforcing members being set to a direction that runs along the vehicle longitudinal direction.

7. The bumper reinforcement of claim 6, wherein gaps are provided between the side reinforcing members and the reinforcing member.