Automotive frame bumper interface for discriminated deceleration response
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1. An arrangement of a frame rail bumper beam combination comprising:
- a frame rail for connection with a chassis of an automotive vehicle, said frame rail extending generally longitudinally from said chassis;
a bumper beam having a tubular cross-sectional shape with a first section connected with said frame rail, said bumper beam having a first upper surface between a front end and a rear end of said bumper beam, and said bumper beam having at least first and second cutouts in said first surface with a web therebetween extending in a direction generally intersecting said frame rail, said cutouts causing said rail to plastically deform in said first section of said bumper beam in a crash in said front end of said bumper beam.
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Abstract
An arrangement of a frame rail bumper beam combination is provided which has a frame rail for connection with a chassis of an automotive vehicle, and a bumper beam having a tubular cross-sectional shape with a first section connected with the frame rail, and a first upper surface between a front end and a rear end of the bumper beam, and the bumper beam having at least first and second cutouts in the first surface with a web therebetween that causes the rail to plastically deform in the first section of the bumper beam in a crash.
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1. An arrangement of a frame rail bumper beam combination comprising:
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a frame rail for connection with a chassis of an automotive vehicle, said frame rail extending generally longitudinally from said chassis;
a bumper beam having a tubular cross-sectional shape with a first section connected with said frame rail, said bumper beam having a first upper surface between a front end and a rear end of said bumper beam, and said bumper beam having at least first and second cutouts in said first surface with a web therebetween extending in a direction generally intersecting said frame rail, said cutouts causing said rail to plastically deform in said first section of said bumper beam in a crash in said front end of said bumper beam. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An arrangement of a frame rail bumper beam combination comprising:
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a frame rail for connection with a chassis of an automotive vehicle, said frame rail extending generally longitudinally from said chassis;
a bumper beam having a tubular cross-sectional shape with a first section connected with said frame rail, said bumper beam having first upper and second lower vertically spaced surfaces extending between front and rear ends of said bumper beam, said first upper and second lower surfaces having first and second outer cutouts with a middle cutout juxtaposed therebetween having an axis aligned with the neutral axis of said bumper beam, said cutouts forming webs therebetween extending in a direction generally intersecting said frame rail, said cutouts allowing said bumper beam to plastically deform in a front direction in said first section of said bumper beam adjacent said frame rail in a crash in said front end of said bumper beam.
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