US 11,926,274 B2
Front bumper
Shota Kotake, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,618.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-064091 (JP), filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314914 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 19/48 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/483 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A front bumper mounted on a front part of a vehicle, the front bumper comprising:
a bumper body exposed to outside of the vehicle; and
a bumper inner located inside the bumper body, wherein:
the bumper inner includes:
an inner body that extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle along an inner surface of the bumper body, and
at least one bumper stay that extends from the inner body toward a body of the vehicle and that is fixed to the body;
the at least one bumper stay includes:
a base plate that is joined to the body, and
a reinforcing wall that extends in a vertical direction from a peripheral edge of the base plate;
the inner body includes a cut along either or both of upper and lower edges of the inner body that extend in the lateral direction, the cut extending in a range including a position closest to the at least one bumper stay, and
the front bumper further comprises at least one electronic device located between the bumper body and the inner body, wherein at least a part of the at least one electronic device is exposed from the cut.