US 11,713,011 B2
Bumper assembly with reinforced impact dispersion plates
Andreas Krasel, Munich (DE); Stephane Anquetil, Le Chesnay (FR); Jan Spergl, Starý Plzenec (CZ); and Pritish Avachat, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US)
Filed by Shape Corp., Grand Haven, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,930.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,091, filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161745 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 19/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/18 (2013.01) [B60R 2019/1806 (2013.01); B60R 2019/186 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle bumper assembly comprising:
a bumper beam;
a crush can attached to an end portion of the bumper beam;
an impact dispersion plate attached to a front face of the bumper beam at the end portion of the bumper beam, a front surface of the impact dispersion plate extending downward from the front face of the bumper beam;
a lower reinforcement member attached to a rear surface of the impact dispersion plate and disposed along a lower section of the impact dispersion plate; and
an upright reinforcement member having an upper portion attached to the bumper beam and a lower portion attached to the lower reinforcement member, the upright and lower reinforcement members configured upon impact with a barrier to disperse deformation of the barrier over the impact dispersion plate below the bumper beam.