US 12,109,962 B2
Reconfigurable vehicle bumper ends
Anthony Aquila, Justin, TX (US); Richard Kim, Los Angeles, CA (US); Arthur Henrique Martins Junior, Los Angeles, CA (US); Jackson Eric Luttig, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Senon Franco, Torrance, CA (US); and Mark Smith, Torrance, CA (US)
Assigned to Canoo Technologies Inc., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Canoo Technologies Inc., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,034.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382335 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 19/48 (2006.01); B60R 19/50 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/48 (2013.01) [B60R 19/50 (2013.01); B60R 2019/505 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reconfigurable vehicle bumper end, comprising:
a vehicle bumper end body configured to securely attach to a vehicle bumper and extend along a side of a vehicle on which the vehicle bumper is mounted, the side of the vehicle extending from a front of the vehicle toward a rear of the vehicle; and
a socket formed by a recess extending into an outside surface of the vehicle on a portion of the vehicle bumper end body that extends along the side of the vehicle, the recess extending inward, relative to the vehicle, from the outside surface of the vehicle on the portion of the vehicle bumper end body that extends along the side of the vehicle,
wherein the socket is configured to receive an insert portion of a bumper end insert.