Abstract: A vehicle body and bumper assembly comprising a vehicle body having rigid side panels. A vehicle bumper is supported by an energy absorber in spaced relationship to the vehicle body for movement longitudinally of the latter upon impact. The bumper extends across the width of the body and has curved end portions terminating substantially in alignment with the side panels, the end of each curved end portion being spaced from the adjacent end of a side panel. A bridging panel bridges the space between each curved end portion and the side panel aligned with the latter. Each bumper curved end portion is movable during energy absorbing movement of the bumper into engagement with and along the inner side of the bridging panel.Preferably, the bridging panel comprises a flexible elastomeric panel adapted to flex outwardly as the bumper curved end portion abuts its inner side.

Abstract: A quick-connect tubing coupling comprising a cup-shaped cage externally attached to a first tube with an end portion of the tube concentrically contained within the cage. The inside diameter of the cage is sufficiently greater than the outside diameter of the tube portion contained therein to provide a space therebetween. The cage has a plurality of axially extending cantilevered leaf springs projecting radially inwardly toward the first tube portion, some of the leaf springs being longer than the others.A second tube is outwardly cupped at one end to encapsulate an O-ring, the cupped end portion of the second tube being concentrically received between the cage and the first tube end portion. The cupped end of the second tube provides a shoulder behind which the longer leaf springs can lock with the O-ring in a sealed mode or behind which the shorter leaf springs can lock with the first and second tubes axially displaced to provide a pressure relief vent.