US 12,319,213 B2
Cross-member arrangement for a battery-powered electric vehicle
Arne Koehler, Pliening (DE); Roland Lang, Asbach-Baeumenheim (DE); Lin Moellenhoff, Odelzhausen (DE); and Mark Muehlhausen, Woerth (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/761,831
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/077907
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/078504, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 128 374.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332266 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/18 (2013.01) [B60R 19/04 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1806 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crossmember arrangement for a bumper assembly of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a first deformation element receptacle and a second deformation element receptacle, each being configured to receive therein a respective deformation element;
a front crossmember profile which is connected to each of the two deformation element receptacles;
a rear crossmember profile which is connected to each of the two deformation element receptacles; and
a plurality of connecting profiles which support the front crossmember profile and the rear crossmember profile with respect to one another, wherein
the front crossmember profile, the rear crossmember profile, and the plurality of connecting profiles are hollow profiles,
the plurality of connecting profiles are arranged symmetrically with respect to a center longitudinal axis of the crossmember arrangement, and
the front and rear crossmember profiles and the plurality of connecting profiles together form a lattice structure.