US 12,286,068 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. 17/712,027.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-064102 (JP), filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314910 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 19/48 (2006.01); B60R 19/12 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/52 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 19/483 (2013.01) [B60R 19/12 (2013.01); B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 19/52 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1846 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1886 (2013.01); B60R 2019/527 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A front bumper, comprising:
a bumper body exposed to outside of a vehicle;
a bumper inner located inside the bumper body and configured to fix the bumper body to a body of the vehicle;
a bolt fixing the bumper body to the bumper inner; and
a first electronic device located between the bumper body and the bumper inner, wherein:
the bumper inner includes
an inner body facing at least a part of the first electronic device in a first direction, and
at least one columnar portion located adjacent to the first electronic device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and extending in the first direction from the inner body toward the bumper body,
a length in the first direction of the at least one columnar portion is greater than a length in the first direction of the first electronic device,
the front bumper is configured to be mounted on a front part of the vehicle,
the bumper body includes a base protruding toward the inner body, wherein the base includes a boss receiving the bolt along the first direction,
the at least one columnar portion includes a tip end facing the base along the first direction, wherein the tip end includes a through hole corresponding to the boss, and
the bolt extends in the first direction, through the through hole, to fix the base to the at least one columnar portion.