Abstract: Described are ergonomic passenger seats that may include monocoque or semi-monocoque seat backs, cellular suspension cushions, and tray tables with support arms that may be located within the interior volume of the monocoque or semi-monocoque seat backs when in their stowed positions. The passenger seats offer enhanced passenger comfort and space while providing a lightweight, simple to manufacture design. Monocoque and semi-monocoque seat backs may form integral parts of passenger seats to support additional loads without need for heavy, complex structures. The space within the monocoque or semi-monocoque seat back may then be used for storage or suspension cushions that offer improved comfort with a lighter seat frame. Monocoque and semi-monocoque seat backs may also facilitate the adoption of several other seating mechanisms, such as new seat mounts that allow for improved seat motion that allows for passenger recline with reduced impingement on other passengers' space.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a side frame, a cushion panel, and an insertion member. One of the side frame and the cushion panel is provided with an elastically deformed portion including an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface, the outer circumferential surface being configured to be expanded outward by insertion of the insertion member on the inner side of the inner circumferential surface. The other of the side frame and the cushion panel is provided with a recess forming portion facing the outer circumferential surface of the elastically deformed portion, the recess forming portion having an inner surface configured to be brought into pressure contact with the outer circumferential surface expanded by insertion of the insertion member.

Abstract: A seat backrest is provided, comprising a framework (1) including an upper portion (10), a lower portion (20), a central support portion (40) and two side portions (30) formed integrally by injection molding a thermoplastic material; and an elongated reinforcement (60) embedded in the side portion (30) and the central support portion (40) by overmolding and extending along the side portion (30), the reinforcement (60) being configured to bend along a boundary (35) between the side portion (30) and the central support portion (40). A seat including the backrest is also provided.

Abstract: An armrest for removable door vehicles is disclosed which allows for the user of a vehicle having removable doors to use the door frame and existing striker plate to work with the removed door(s) for insertion of the mount disclosed into the door striker plate so that the mount may support an armrest attached to the upper leg of the mount via a housing.

Abstract: Various examples of tilting a human support surface in a vehicle are disclosed. A frame is attached to the surface of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes rotation system mounted between the frame and a vehicle surface. The rotation system can be controlled to tilt a human support surface of the frame towards a direction of acceleration associated with a driving maneuver as the driving maneuver is executed.

Abstract: A mobile display and marketing apparatus having a self-propelled vehicle having an interior storage area accessible from an exterior of the vehicle, and a product display unit including a product display area and a monitor mounted on a support surface, the monitor adapted to display audiovisual content. The product display unit is characterized by a first configuration in which the product display unit is entirely contained in the interior storage area of the vehicle, and a second configuration in which the product display unit is partially disposed in the interior storage area of the vehicle and extends outwardly to the exterior of the vehicle so that the product display area is accessible from the exterior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A tie-down apparatus includes a frame, a reel, a ratcheted wheel, a ratchet detent, a handle and a security device. The reel is rotatable relative to the frame. The ratcheted wheel is rotatable with the reel. The ratchet detent rattles on the ratcheted wheel to allow the ratcheted wheel to rotate when the ratcheted wheel is rotated in a first sense of direction. The ratchet detent is engaged with the ratcheted wheel to prevent the ratcheted wheel from rotation in an attempt to rotate the ratcheted wheel in a second sense of direction. The security device is movable between a reeling position where the security device keeps the handle connected to the reel and a locking position where the security device is supported on the frame and pressed against the ratchet detent so that the ratchet detent is firmly engaged with the ratcheted wheel, thereby keeping the reel in position.

Abstract: A headlight for vehicles, in particular trucks, comprising a lighting unit which is pivotably mounted about a pivot axis; a linear drive unit which contains a linearly movable actuator; and a pivoting lever which is coupled to a lighting unit at a first end and to the actuator at a second end, wherein the lighting unit is pivotable by means of the actuator. The pivoting lever is designed in multiple parts, comprising a lower pivoting lever element having a support part for supporting on the actuator and an upper pivoting lever element on which a horizontal axis is arranged, the pivoting lever being pivotably mounted about said axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adjusting the light of at least one illuminant (10) of a working illumination (100) of a machine (200) by means of a control unit (20) and at least one signaling device (50), the control unit (20) having a signal connection to the at least one illuminant (10) and to the at least one signaling device (50) by means of signal lines (30), the light of the at least one illuminant (10) being performed by modulating a voltage supply of the illuminants (10) and/or of the at least one signaling device (50) via the signal lines (30) by means of the control unit (20). The invention further relates to a working illumination (100) and a machine (200) for carrying out a method according to the invention.

Abstract: A vehicle light emitting device provided to a vehicle and configured to emit light toward outside the vehicle includes a light source; a light guide plate including a light emitting surface and configured to direct light entering from the light source so that the light exits from the light emitting surface and forms an image in a space; and a lighting controller configured to control the emissions state of the light source in accordance with an operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A headlight module includes: a light source that emits light; a projection lens that receives and emits the light; a holder including a flexible portion having a length in a direction of an optical axis of the lens and having a fixed end and a movable end, the holder holding the lens movably relative to the light source by holding the lens with the movable end; and a driver that moves the lens. The lens is translated on a plane perpendicular to the axis due to deflection of the flexible portion. The holder includes first and second flexible portions including plate-like portions parallel to the axis and perpendicular to each other. One end of the first flexible portion is the fixed end. Another end of the first flexible portion is connected to one end of the second flexible portion. Another end of the second flexible portion is the movable end.

Abstract: A vehicle headlamp system with at least one headlamp, wherein the headlamp is designed to emit a variable light distribution, at least one driver monitoring device for detecting the viewing direction of a driver, an environmental monitoring device for monitoring the environment of the motor vehicle and detecting at least one object in the environment of the motor vehicle, a memory connected with the environmental monitoring device for storing information about the objects, and a controller that is connected with the memory and driver monitoring device, which is set up to compare the location of the object with the viewing direction of the driver, wherein the controller is set up to alter the light distribution of the at least one headlamp so as to illuminate the object when the viewing direction of the driver is turned toward the object. Also described are a motor vehicle, a method for operating a motor vehicle headlamp system, as well as a computer program product.

Abstract: A vehicular headlamp system includes: a pair of right and left headlamp units; and a road surface drawing unit provided in the headlamp units, the road surface drawing unit being configured to emit first light so as to form a first light distribution pattern and to emit second light so as to form a second light distribution pattern, such that a predetermined drawing pattern is drawn on a road surface, the drawing pattern being configured such that the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern are adjacent to each other or the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern at least partially overlap each other, and the first light and the second light being set in a relationship of complementary colors.

Abstract: A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a computer and an illumination mechanism. The computer serves as a vehicle extractor that extracts a tail lamp of a preceding vehicle, a preceding vehicle recognizer that recognizes the preceding vehicle on a basis of the extracted tail lamp, and a light-distribution controller that determines light distribution of a headlamp. The illumination mechanism switches between a low beam and a high beam on a basis of instruction issued by the light-distribution controller. The vehicle extractor determines, on a basis of an angle of view and a depth distance of a block in the image, and a cut-off line angle of the high beam, whether the block is irradiated with the high beam, and changes, on a basis of a result of the determination as to whether the block is irradiated, thresholds that determine whether the tail lamp is the tail lamp.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for installing an exterior-mounted light bar accessory underneath a factory-installed rear spoiler on a liftgate of a vehicle while leaving intact the rear spoiler and a liftgate spoiler sealing system fitted and mounting components used during factory installation of the rear spoiler by attachment to the liftgate, the liftgate having a top side margin and the vehicle having a roof with a rear end, the rear spoiler mounted at the top side margin of the liftgate and at the rear end of the roof, and the liftgate having an outer surface with first and second curved distal ends.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicular lamp including a light source unit equipped with a plurality of LEDs having different optical axes; and a reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. The light source unit includes a base including a plurality of board mounting surfaces, in which the base is formed to be foldable around an axis formed between each two adjacent board mounting surfaces as a boundary; and a plurality of printed circuit boards attached to the plurality of board mounting surfaces, respectively, in which each printed circuit board has a light source mounted on a surface opposite to the board mounting surface thereof.

Abstract: A lamp device includes a light source, a slide and a projection lens assembly. The light source generates an illumination beam, and the slide is disposed in a light path of the illumination beam. The slide has a profile image layer and a gradient layer, and the profile image layer and the gradient layer are disposed on two opposite sides of the slide. The profile image layer converts the illumination beam into profile image light without gradients, and the gradient layer converts the illumination beam into gradient light. The projection lens assembly receives and projects the gradient light and the profile image light.

Abstract: An in-vehicle illumination system which is to be disposed in a door of a vehicle has: a door warning lamp which is disposed in the vicinity of a door handle that is operated when the door is to be opened, and which indicates an open/close state of the door; a door handle illumination lamp which illuminates the door handle; a decorative lamp which emits decorative light; and a first control connector having a first control apparatus which controls ON/OFF states of the door warning lamp, the door handle illumination lamp, and the decorative lamp. The first control apparatus of the first control connector causes, when the door is in an open state, the door warning lamp, the door handle illumination lamp, and the decorative lamp to be lighted ON with a predetermined warning color.

Abstract: A molded part for a vehicle interior can comprise a carrier and a decorative layer with a rear side facing toward the carrier and with a front side formed as a visible side. The decorative layer has one or more light passages which extend along their respective longitudinal axis rectilinearly between rear side and front side and via which visible light can be conducted from the rear side to the front side of the decorative layer for the purposes of displaying a symbol on the front side. The longitudinal axes of the light passages are oriented obliquely with respect to the surface normal of the front side of the decorative layer at the outlet of the respective light passage at the front side of the decorative layer. The invention also relates to a method for producing a molded part, in particular a molded part according to the invention.

Abstract: A lighting element for a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle includes a diffuser; an elongated light guide, wherein the light guide is at least partially accommodated in the diffuser; and a reflector arranged on an inner side of the diffuser and having a reflective surface facing the light guide. The reflector is configured to reflect light from the light guide to an outer side of the light guide. The reflector has a rough surface in order to reflect light from the light guide diffusely.

Abstract: A light assembly for a vehicle comprises: a light source that emits light; a reflector that reflects the light emitted by the light source to a reflected focal point; and an optical device through which the light emitted by the light source transmits, the optical device having an optical focal point; wherein the optical focal point and the reflected focal point are approximately the same focal point. The light leaving the optical device is directed toward a target illuminance area that allows a driver or passenger of the vehicle to read. The light source is an LED. The optical device is a lens. The reflector is an elliptical reflector. The light assembly further comprises a printed circuit board and the LED is mounted on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A navigation terminal includes a communicator, an alerter, and a processor. The processor obtains destination information indicating a user's destination, obtains first location information indicating the location of the navigation terminal, starts navigation according to a route calculated based on the destination information and the first location information, obtains second location information indicating the location of the navigation terminal after starting the navigation, starts the alerter when the distance from the location indicated by the second location information to a predetermined spot on the route becomes smaller than or equal to the first distance, and causes the communicator to transmit a control signal to a wearable terminal of the user to vibrate a vibrator in the wearable terminal when the distance from the location indicated by the second location information to the predetermined spot becomes smaller than or equal to a second distance smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to method, system, and medium, for generating an augmented alert in a hybrid vehicle. First information indicating an upcoming switch in an operating mode of the vehicle is received, which specifies a set of tasks, arranged in an order, to be completed by a driver in the vehicle to achieve the upcoming switch, and a task duration for each task of the set of tasks by which the task is to be completed. A set of warnings to alert the driver to perform the set of tasks is determined based on a current state of the driver, wherein each warning corresponds to a task in the set of tasks. A warning schedule is generated based on the set of warnings in the order of the set of tasks and transmitted so that warnings in the warning schedule are delivered to the driver.

Abstract: A child safety assembly for inhibiting a child from being left unattended in a vehicle includes a sensing unit that may be positioned beneath a child car seat in a vehicle. The sensing unit is turned on when the sensing unit senses weight of a child in the child car seat. An alert unit is provided and the alert unit is positioned in a vehicle having the alert unit being positioned within eyesight of a driver. The alert unit is in wireless electrical communication with the sensing unit and the alert unit detects when a driver's side door of the vehicle is opened. The alert unit emits an audible alarm when the sensing unit senses the weight of the child and the driver's side door is opened. Thus, the alert unit alerts the driver presence of the child in the vehicle.

Abstract: An awareness support device includes: an awareness level reduction detection unit configured to detect a reduction in a driver's awareness level based on vehicle information on a vehicle driven by the driver; an awareness level recovery detection unit configured to detect a recovery from the reduction in the driver's awareness level based on the vehicle information; and an interaction processing unit configured to: start an output of an interactive voice used for interaction with the driver when the awareness level reduction detection unit detects the reduction in the driver's awareness level; and terminate the output of the interactive voice when the awareness level recovery detection unit detects the recovery from the reduction in the driver's awareness level.

Abstract: Technologies for visualizing moving objects on a bowl-shaped image include a computing device to receive a first fisheye image generated by a first fisheye camera and capturing a first scene and a second fisheye image generated by a second fisheye camera and capturing a second scene overlapping with the first scene at an overlapping region. The computing device identifies a moving object in the overlapping region and modifies a projected overlapping image region to visualize the identified moving object on a virtual bowl-shaped projection surface. The projected overlapping image region is projected on the virtual bowl-shaped projection surface and corresponds with the overlapping region captured in the first and second fisheye images.

Abstract: This invention is a center rear view mirror bracket for the HMMWV series vehicles. This bracket allows for the installation of a center rear view mirror on the HMMWV. The bracket is attached to the HMMWV using existing bolt holes on the windshield frame where wiper motor is attached. A center rear view mirror is then attached to the end of the bracket.

Abstract: In a door mirror device for a vehicle, a stopper groove of a case and a stopper of a stand are provided so as to be superposed with a restricting ring in an axial direction of a support shaft of the stand. Therefore, in comparison with a structure in which the stopper groove of the case and the stopper of the stand are provided at the outer side in an axis-orthogonal direction (radial direction) of the support shaft of the stand relative to the restricting ring and an engaging ring, an increase in size of the case and stand to a side in the axis-orthogonal direction of the support shaft may be suppressed.

Abstract: A vehicle mirror with an image display function includes a half mirror which includes a high-Re retardation film and a reflection layer and an image display device on the half mirror, in which the high-Re retardation film, the reflection layer, and the image display device are disposed in this order, the high-Re retardation film has a front phase difference of 5000 nm or greater, and the reflection layer is a linear polarization reflection layer or a circular polarization reflection layer.

Abstract: An adjustable rearview mirror that is designed to quickly transition between transparent and reflective states. The apparatus is configured to resemble traditional rearview mirrors used in vehicles. The apparatus includes a window mount, a pivoting connection arm, and a user controlled mirror panel. The window mount connects the rearview mirror to the windshield of a vehicle. The pivoting connection arm enables a user to reposition the rearview mirror at will. The user controlled panel can be placed into a reflective or a transparent state based on user input. A user is able to gain a relatively unhindered view of traffic through a vehicle windshield.

Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head having a reflective element. A display device is disposed in the mirror head and behind the reflective element. The display device, when actuated, is viewable through the reflective element. The mirror head is adjustable between a mirror mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views rearward of the vehicle via the reflective element, and a display mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views images displayed by the display device through the reflective element. When in the display mode orientation, the reflective element is angled upward or downward relative to the orientation of the reflective element when in the mirror mode orientation. An actuator is pivotally mounted at the mirror head and includes a pivot element that adjustably mounts the mirror head at a mirror mount that attaches at the interior surface of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle running board includes opposing vertical walls extending along a length of a tubular structure and including a carbon-fiber component. Opposing horizontal walls extend between the opposing vertical walls and include a glass component. The opposing vertical and opposing horizontal walls form the tubular structure having a generally rectilinear cross section. A polymer outer covering extends over the opposing vertical and opposing horizontal walls.

Abstract: A vehicle storage compartment assembly includes a housing and a pivoting door. A floating storage bin is pivotally connected to each of the housing and the pivoting door whereby on translation of the door to an open configuration the storage bin deploys forwardly from an interior of the housing.

Abstract: A load carrying bar including a channel with an opening. The channel is adapted to receive a fastening member for fasten a load carrying bar accessory to the load carrying bar. A cover is arranged to seal the opening of the channel. The cover is adapted to be deformed in the proximity of the opening as the fastening member is slid along the length of the channel.

Abstract: An anchor for releasably securing a bicycle through-axle that is installed in a wheelless front fork of a bicycle to a load carrier. The anchor is made up of an anchor body having a through-axle receiving space for receiving a bicycle through-axle therein. The anchor additionally has a movable jaw located within the anchor body and that is transitionable between a receiving configuration in which an interior of the receiving space is expanded for insertably receiving a bicycle through-axle therein, and a securing configuration in which the movable jaw is in lateral abutting engagement with a bicycle through-axle received within the interior of the receiving space.

Abstract: A vehicle structural or semi-structural component assembly or crash sensor assembly includes a body, wherein a first portion of the body comprises a polymer composite material and a sensor mount portion of the body is connected to the first portion; and a sensor directly attached to the sensor mount portion. The sensor mount portion comprises a polymer composite material and a flexible reinforcement material over-molded within the polymer composite material. A method for enabling tunable deceleration characteristics in a vehicle structural or semi-structural component assembly includes forming a structural or semi-structural component for a vehicle from a polymer composite material; over-molding a flexible reinforcement material within the polymer composite material at one or more locations along the component; and attaching a sensor directly to at least one of the one or more locations.

Abstract: A first LED lamp bracket is provided that can be fixed to an interior portion of a front grille section that is part of an engine hood assembly of a motorized vehicle. The LED lamps are located on the LED lamp bracket such that they are clearly visible through the engine hood front grille assembly. The LED lamp bracket assembly is designed such that it takes advantage of the spacing of the grille openings such that the LED lamps are visible when the LED lamp bracket is attached to the motorized vehicle. The first LED lamp bracket can be used with a 2014 Ford F150 truck. According to further aspects of the embodiments, a second LED lamp bracket assembly is provided that includes substantially identical design features, but which is fitted to a 2015 Ford F150 truck.

Abstract: An electronic device holder is provided that comprises a support member operably coupled to a housing and pivotable between first and second positions. The support member includes first and second arms defining a slot. The electronic device holder further comprises a locking assembly disposed within a cavity. The locking assembly is configured to secure the support member in one of the first and second positions.

Abstract: A recessed portion positioned on a vehicle rear side with respect to a lens of a camera and recessed in an inner side direction from an outer surface of a mirror housing is provided on the mirror housing. A flow rectifying surface, which forms a flow of traveling wind toward the recessed portion, is provided on the mirror housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a camera (4) for a motor vehicle (1), in which an interface device (14) for connecting the camera (4) with a data bus of the motor vehicle (1) is selected from at least two different interface devices (14) and is arranged on a circuit board (13), the circuit board (13) is arranged in an interior space (12) of a front housing (10), a rear housing (15) is manufactured and connected with the front housing (10), wherein the rear housing (15) has a through-opening (16), through which the interface device (15) is passed partly, wherein in manufacture of the rear housing (15) the through-opening (16) is formed in dependency on the selected interface device (14), wherein an outer contour of the rear housing (15) is maintained.

Abstract: A truck box or rear compartment includes a deck. The deck includes a floor that defines a cargo area having a length and width. The deck also includes a pair of opposed inner sidewalls that extend along the length of the cargo area comprising a first inner sidewall portion that extends upwardly away from the floor to a top portion and a second inner sidewall portion that extends downwardly from the top portion to a lower end, the lower end comprising a pocket channel. A pickup truck box deck rail assembly includes a deck rail configured for disposition on a top portion of an outer sidewall of a pickup truck box, the deck rail comprising a plurality of deck rail openings. The assembly also includes a corresponding plurality of opening covers configured to selectively and releasably cover and uncover the deck rail openings.

Abstract: An attachment member includes a bracket that has plate-like attachment portions, locking holes that penetrate the respective plate-like attachment portions, flexible locking pieces formed along opening edges of the respective locking holes, bend-allowing holes that allow the respective flexible locking pieces to elastically bend so as to expand the opening area of the respective locking holes, assembly members configured to be joined to the bracket so as to cover the respective plate-like attachment portions, locking fit-in portions formed in the respective assembly members and are configured to be fitted into the respective locking holes, and locking projections formed at the respective locking fit-in portions and are engageable with the respective flexible locking pieces.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted power distribution board includes: a circuit structure including a control circuit board including a conductive path on at least one of a front surface and a back surface, and a plurality of bus bars that is placed on the control circuit board, and that is composed of a plurality of bus bars; and a plurality of electronic components that are mounted to the circuit structure. Some of the plurality of electronic components are semiconductor elements that generate heat when current flows through it, and the other components are low heat resistant electrolytic capacitors and integrated circuits that are influenced by heat transferred from the semiconductor elements. Bus bar non-arrangement regions in which no bus bar is disposed are formed in the circuit structure, and the low heat resistant electrolytic capacitors and the integrated circuits are disposed in the bus bar non-arrangement regions.

Abstract: A battery management system of a vehicle is provided to prevent a lithium battery from being overcharged and over-discharged and to safely protect the lithium battery from various conditions degrading the lithium battery when the lithium battery is used as a low-voltage battery in the vehicle. The battery management system includes a relay that electrically connect and disconnects power supplied to a load from a battery and a reconnection switch that determines a connection state based on user manipulation and generates a signal for turning the relay on and off based on the connection state. Additionally, a controller turns the relay on and off based on the connection state of the reconnection switch.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a vehicle-use storage battery system includes a storage battery, a main circuit, a circuit breaker, a storage battery management unit, a first determiner, and a second determiner. The main circuit is electrically connected to the storage battery. The circuit breaker is disposed between the storage battery and the main circuit to make or break the electrical connection therebetween. The storage battery management unit manages an operating state of the storage battery. The first determiner determines whether to break the electrical connection between the storage battery and the main circuit by means of the circuit breaker. The second determiner determines, on the basis of at least one of operating states of the storage battery management unit, the first determiner, and the circuit breaker, whether to break the electrical connection between the storage battery and the main circuit by means of the circuit breaker.

Abstract: A power module for a vehicle includes a first bidirectional voltage converter to convert a first voltage to a second voltage and convert the second voltage back to the first voltage. The power module includes a second bidirectional voltage converter to convert the first voltage to a third voltage and convert the third voltage back to the first voltage. The power module includes a first battery coupled to the first bidirectional voltage converter to receive the second voltage, and a second battery coupled to the second bidirectional voltage converter to receive the third voltage. The power module includes a controller to control the first and second bidirectional voltage converters and the first and second batteries. The first voltage is for supplying power to a powertrain of the vehicle. The second voltage and the third voltage are for supplying power to the first and second batteries, respectively.

Abstract: A vehicle power supply control device includes trunk line units of two systems provided in a vehicle; branch line units branched from the trunk line units of two systems; a vehicle power supply master coupled to one side of the trunk line units of two systems and includes a main battery that charges and discharges electric power; and a plurality of area power supply masters coupled to the trunk line units of two systems via the branch line units, coupled to a load that consumes electric power, and each include an area battery that charges and discharges electric power. The vehicle power supply master supplies electric power of the main battery to the area power supply masters via the trunk line units of two systems, and the area power supply masters supply, to the load, electric power supplied from the vehicle power supply master or charged in the area battery.

Abstract: A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle includes an energy absorber providing a variable stiffness for different displacements. The energy absorber includes a skin portion attached to a bumper beam, a rib pivotally attached to an end of the skin portion and a reinforced element attached to an end of the rib. The rib is movable from a first position that provides a first stiffness for a first displacement to a second position providing a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness over a second displacement.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle body structure which does not require a specification for attaching an elongated member to the vehicle body frame when attaching the elongated member and does not require time and effort for attaching the elongated member. The vehicle body structure includes a bumper beam, an extension member disposed between the bumper beam and a vehicle body frame and having a space therein, and an elongated member disposed in the space and absorbing an impact received from the bumper beam side. One end of the elongated member is connected to the bumper beam, and the other end thereof is connected to the extension member.

Abstract: A bumper (B), comprising an elongated hat-shaped cross beam (1) mounted to at least two crash boxes (2) which are attached to a vehicle, said cross beam (1) having a primary contact face in the form of bent longitudinal upper and lower flanges (3,4). The bent longitudinal upper and lower flanges being arranged in the direction of the cross beam (1), and said primary contact face is facing away from the vehicle. Said bent longitudinal upper and lower flanges (3,4) have each a portion (5) with a large inner radius (R) at least at the mounting site of the cross beam (1) to respective crash box (2) compared to a small inner radius (r) of the rest of each of the bent longitudinal upper and lower flanges (3,4).