JP2005212587A - Bumper reinforcement - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bumper reinforcement capable of reliably deforming a side member in the axially compressive manner during the offset collision. <P>SOLUTION: An upper thick-walled part 10F is protruded from a front end part of an upper wall part 10C forming an upper end of a front wall part 10A of a bumper reinforcement 10 upward of a vehicle body, and the wall thickness M6 of the upper thick-walled part 10F is larger (thicker-walled) than the wall thickness M1 of the front wall part 10A. A lower thick-walled part 10G is protruded from a front end of a lower wall part 10D forming a lower end of the front wall part 10A downward of the vehicle body, and the wall thickness M7 of the lower thick-walled part 10G is larger (thicker-walled) than the wall thickness M1 of the front wall part 10A. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to bumper reinforcement, and particularly to bumper reinforcement disposed in a bumper in a vehicle body such as an automobile.

Conventionally, in bumper reinforcement disposed in a bumper in a vehicle body, the wall thickness of the front wall in the rectangular cross section of the bumper reinforcement is made thicker than the wall thickness of the other walls, and the upper or lower surface of the bumper reinforcement Or the structure which formed the opening in the extended position from a side member or the position close | similar to it in both of them is known (for example, refer patent document 1). Further, a configuration in which at least one corner of bumper reinforcement is thickened is known (for example, see Patent Document 2). Further, in bumper reinforcement having a hollow rectangular cross section consisting of a flange and a web, a configuration is known in which the thickness on the compression flange side is thicker than the thickness on the tension flange side from the bending neutral axis of the web (for example, (See Patent Document 3).
JP 2002-166799 A JP-A-11-170935 JP 11-59296 A

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, an opening is formed at an extended position from the side member on the upper surface or the lower surface of the bumper reinforcement, or both, or a position close thereto. As a result, the rigidity of the bumper reinforcement is lowered, and the bumper reinforcement is broken when the collision object collides with the bumper by an offset. For this reason, a bending load acts on the side member, and the axial compression deformation of the side member is not reliably performed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a bumper reinforcement capable of reliably axially deforming a side member at the time of an offset collision in consideration of the above fact.

The present invention according to claim 1 is a bumper reinforcement that is disposed at a tip portion of a side member and has a rectangular shape having a front wall portion as viewed from the vehicle width direction.
The upper wall portion which is the upper end portion of the front wall portion is formed to protrude upward from the front wall portion, and is thicker than the front wall portion.
It is formed to project downward at the front end portion of the lower wall portion which is the lower end portion of the front wall portion, and the lower thick portion is thicker than the front wall portion,
It is characterized by having at least one of these.

  Therefore, when the collision object collides with the bumper and the load acts on the bumper reinforcement, the front wall is formed so as to protrude upward from the front end portion of the upper wall portion that is the upper end portion of the front wall portion in the bumper reinforcement. At least one of an upper thick part thicker than the part and a lower thick part thicker than the front wall part that protrudes downward from the front end part of the lower wall part that becomes the lower end part of the front wall part , Can suppress the breakage of bumper reinforcement. As a result, it is difficult for a bending load to act on the side member at the time of an offset collision. For this reason, the side member can be reliably subjected to axial compression deformation at the time of an offset collision.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the bumper reinforcement according to the first aspect, the thickness of the front wall portion is thicker than the thickness of the rear wall portion.

  Therefore, in addition to the content of Claim 1, since the thickness of the front wall part is thicker than the thickness of the rear wall part, the bending of bumper reinforcement can be more effectively suppressed. As a result, the bending load is less likely to act on the side member at the time of an offset collision. For this reason, at the time of an offset collision, the side member can be further subjected to axial compression deformation.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the bumper reinforcement according to any one of the first and second aspects, the upper thick portion formed on the upper thick portion toward the upper side of the vehicle body and the lower thick portion It has at least one of the downward convex part formed toward the vehicle body downward.

  Therefore, in addition to the contents described in any one of the first and second aspects, the upper convex portion is formed on the upper thick portion toward the upper portion of the vehicle body, and the lower thick portion is formed on the lower portion of the vehicle body. Since it has at least one of a downward convex part, the bending of bumper reinforcement can be suppressed more effectively. As a result, the bending load is less likely to act on the side member at the time of an offset collision. For this reason, at the time of an offset collision, the side member can be further subjected to axial compression deformation.

  The present invention according to claim 1 is a bumper reinforcement that is disposed at a front end portion of a side member and has a rectangular shape having a front wall portion in a cross-sectional shape viewed from the vehicle width direction. Projecting upward at the front end portion of the upper wall portion serving as the upper portion, and extending downward toward the front thick portion of the upper wall portion that is thicker than the front wall portion and the lower wall portion serving as the lower end portion of the front wall portion Since it is formed to project and has at least one of the lower and thicker wall portions than the front wall portion, it has an excellent effect that the side member can be reliably axially compressed and deformed during an offset collision.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the bumper reinforcement according to the first aspect, the wall thickness of the front wall portion is thicker than the wall thickness of the rear wall portion. It has an excellent effect that it can be axially deformed by compression.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the bumper reinforcement according to any one of the first and second aspects, an upper convex portion formed on the upper thick portion toward the upper side of the vehicle body and a vehicle body on the lower thick portion. Since it has at least one of the downward convex part formed toward the downward direction, it has the outstanding effect that a side member can be more reliably axially compressed and deformed at the time of an offset collision.

  A bumper reinforcement according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the figure, the arrow FR indicates the vehicle body front direction, and the arrow UP indicates the vehicle body upward direction.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, a bumper reinforcement 10 of a front bumper is disposed along the vehicle width direction along the vehicle width direction at the lower front end of the automobile body, and the bumper reinforcement 10 is made of aluminum. It is made of extruded material.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the cross-sectional shape of the bumper reinforcement 10 viewed from the vehicle width direction is a rectangular shape of a Japanese character, and the front wall portion 10 </ b> A and the rear wall portion 10 </ b> B are parallel along the vertical direction of the vehicle body. It is arranged. The wall thickness M1 of the front wall portion 10A is the same as the wall thickness M2 of the rear wall portion 10B (M1 = M2).

  Further, the upper wall portion 10C, the lower wall portion 10D, and the vertical intermediate wall portion 10E are arranged in parallel along the vehicle body longitudinal direction.

  In addition, an upper thick portion 10F is formed to protrude toward the upper side of the vehicle body at the front end portion of the upper wall portion 10C which is the upper end portion of the front wall portion 10A, and the thickness M6 of the upper thick portion 10F is It is larger (thick) than the thickness M1 of the wall 10A (M6> M1).

  In addition, a lower thick portion 10G is formed to protrude downward from the vehicle body at the front end portion of the lower wall portion 10D which is the lower end portion of the front wall portion 10A, and the thickness M7 of the lower thick portion 10G is It is larger than the wall thickness M1 of the wall 10A (thick wall) (M7> M1).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the left and right vehicle width direction end portions 10H of the bumper reinforcement 10 are inclined from the vehicle body front inner side to the vehicle body rear outer side, and constitute front end portions of the left and right front side members 12, respectively. The crash box 14 is fixed to the front end portion 14A.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, the collision body collides with the front bumper of the vehicle body, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, and the collision body K moves from the front of the vehicle body (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3) to one vehicle width of the bumper reinforcement 10. In the case of collision with the direction end 10H, the bumper reinforcement 10 is thicker than the front wall 10A that protrudes upward from the front end of the upper wall 10C that is the upper end of the front wall 10A. As shown in FIG. 4, a thick portion 10F and a lower thick portion 10G that is thicker than the front wall portion 10A that protrudes downward from the front end portion of the lower wall portion 10D that is the lower end portion of the front wall portion 10A. As can be seen, the folding of the bumper reinforcement 10 can be suppressed.

  As a result, in this embodiment, compared to the bumper reinforcement 20 of the comparative example in which the upper thick portion 10F and the lower thick portion 10G are not formed as shown in FIG. The load is hard to act.

  That is, the relationship between the deformation amount S and the load N in the bumper reinforcement 10 of the present embodiment is N1, as shown by a solid line in FIG. 5, and the bumper reinforcement of the comparative example (FIG. 6) shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Compared to the relationship N2 between the deformation amount S and the load N in the ment 20, it is possible to prevent a drop in the load (part indicated by an arrow B in FIG. 5) due to the bumper reinforcement being broken.

  For this reason, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the crash box 14 constituting the front end portion of the front side member 12 can be reliably axially compressed and deformed at the time of an offset collision.

  In the present embodiment, both the upper thick portion 10F and the lower thick portion 10G are formed on the bumper reinforcement 10, but one of the upper thick portion 10F and the lower thick portion 10G is formed on the bumper reinforcement 10. It is good also as a structure which formed only.

  Further, the thickness M6 of the upper thick portion 10F of the bumper reinforcement 10 and the thickness M7 of the lower thick portion 10G may be changed.

  Next, a second embodiment of the bumper reinforcement in the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  In addition, the same member as 1st Embodiment attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the present embodiment, the thickness M1 of the front wall portion 10A of the bumper reinforcement 10 is larger (thick) than the thickness M2 of the rear wall portion 10B (M1> M2). The thickness M1 of the front wall portion 10A, the thickness M6 of the upper thick portion 10F, and the thickness M7 of the lower thick portion 10G are the same (M1 = M6 = M7).

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the thickness M1 of the front wall portion 10A of the bumper reinforcement 10 is thicker than the thickness M2 of the rear wall portion 10B. The breakage of the bumper reinforcement 10 can be more effectively suppressed.

  As a result, in the present embodiment, a bending load is less likely to act on the front side member 12 at the time of an offset collision. For this reason, at the time of an offset collision, the front side member 12 can be further axially compressed and deformed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, even if the thickness M6 of the upper thick portion 10F of the bumper reinforcement 10 and the thickness M7 of the lower thick portion 10G are larger than the thickness M1 of the front wall portion 10A (thick wall). Good (M6> M1, M7> M1).

  Next, a third embodiment of bumper reinforcement according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In addition, the same member as 1st Embodiment attaches | subjects the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits the description.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the present embodiment, an upper convex portion 10J having a thickness M8 (M8 <M6) is formed at the front end portion of the upper thick portion 10F of the bumper reinforcement 10 toward the upper side of the vehicle body. Further, a lower convex portion 10K having a thickness M9 (M9 <M6) is formed at the front end portion of the lower thick portion 10G of the bumper reinforcement 10 toward the lower side of the vehicle body.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the upper protrusion 10 </ b> J and the lower protrusion 10 </ b> K are respectively located at a predetermined distance L from both ends 10 </ b> L in the vehicle width direction of the bumper reinforcement 10.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the upper convex portion 10J and the lower convex portion 10K are portions where the bumper reinforcement 10 is easily broken at the time of an offset collision, that is, the front side member 12 extends in the vehicle width direction inner side wall portion 12A toward the front of the vehicle body. It is extended in the site | part on the line Q and its vicinity.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  In the present embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, an upper convex portion 10J is formed on the front end portion of the upper thick portion 10F of the bumper reinforcement 10 toward the upper side of the vehicle body, and the lower thick portion 10G. A lower convex portion 10K is formed at the front end of the vehicle body toward the lower side of the vehicle body. For this reason, the upper convex portion 10J and the lower convex portion 10K provide a portion on the extension line Q to the front of the vehicle body and the vicinity thereof in the vehicle width direction inner side wall portion 12A of the front side member 12 in the bumper reinforcement 10 at the time of an offset collision. Can be more effectively suppressed.

  As a result, a bending load is less likely to act on the front side member 12 at the time of an offset collision. For this reason, at the time of an offset collision, the front side member 12 can be further axially compressed and deformed.

  In the present embodiment, both the bumpy reinforcement 10 has both the upper and lower convex portions 10J and 10K, but the bumper reinforcement 10 has only one of the upper and lower convex portions 10J and 10K. It is good also as a structure.

  Although the present invention has been described in detail with respect to specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various other embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, in the above embodiment, the bumper reinforcement 10 is made of aluminum. However, the bumper reinforcement 10 may be made of a metal other than aluminum or a material other than metal. In the above embodiment, the bumper reinforcement of the present invention is applied to the bumper reinforcement of the front bumper. However, the bumper reinforcement of the present invention can also be applied to the bumper reinforcement of the rear bumper.

It is a sectional side view which shows the bumper reinforcement which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the vehicle body slanting front upper side which shows the bumper reinforcement which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the bumper reinforcement which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the bumper reinforcement which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the deformation | transformation amount of a bumper reinforcement, and a load. It is a sectional side view which shows the bumper reinforcement of a comparative example. It is a sectional side view which shows the bumper reinforcement which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which shows the bumper reinforcement which concerns on the modification of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a sectional side view which shows the bumper reinforcement which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the vehicle body slanting front upper side which shows the bumper reinforcement which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the bumper reinforcement which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Bumper reinforcement 10A Front wall part 10B Rear wall part 10C Upper wall part 10D Lower wall part 10E Vertical direction intermediate wall part 10F Upper thick part 10G Lower thick part 10H Car width direction edge part 10J Upper convex part 10K Lower convex part 10L Car width direction both ends 12 Front side member 14 Crash box

Claims (3)

A bumper reinforcement arranged at the front end of the side member and having a cross-sectional shape viewed from the vehicle width direction is a rectangular shape having a front wall,
The upper wall portion which is the upper end portion of the front wall portion is formed to protrude upward from the front wall portion, and is thicker than the front wall portion.
It is formed to project downward at the front end portion of the lower wall portion which is the lower end portion of the front wall portion, and the lower thick portion is thicker than the front wall portion,
A bumper reinforcement having at least one of the following.   The bumper reinforcement according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the front wall portion is thicker than a thickness of the rear wall portion.   The upper thick portion has at least one of an upper convex portion formed toward the upper side of the vehicle body and a lower convex portion formed at the lower thick portion of the vehicle body toward the lower side of the vehicle body. The bumper reinforcement described in any one of 1 and 2.

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