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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8770636
APP PUB NO 20140062105A1
SERIAL NO

14011485

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Providing a bumper absorbing large amount of impact energy with respect to both a light collision and a heavy collision, and preventing the reinforcement beam from bending and protruding backward at a portion where an obstacle collides and from displacing backward in this protruding state. Provided is a bumper for vehicles including a reinforcement beam made of metal and a pair of support members having a hollow cross section, protruding from a vehicle frame, and supporting the reinforcement beam therebetween. A quenched region is provide over a portion including a middle of the reinforcement beam. Unquenched portions are provided on the pair of connecting portions or a pair of adjacent portions inside the pair of connecting portions.

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ASTEER CO LTD1597 MAKABE SOJA-SHI OKAYAMA-KEN 719-1134

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Shimotsu, Koji Soja, JP 10 199

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