Automotive frame bumper interface for discriminated deceleration response

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6361092
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09711570

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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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  • FCA US LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cotton, James A Royal Oak, MI 2 97
Eagle, Paul J Bloomfield Hills, MI 4 122
Feldpausch, Sherry A Clarkston, MI 1 49
Gibbons, Patrick J Royal Oak, MI 8 149
Godfrey, Kristin Roseville, MI 2 50
Ridenour, Anne Dearborn Heights, MI 1 49
Shawver, Jason D Waterford, MI 2 59

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