A bumper reinforcement includes a body portion joined to a vehicle body front end portion through portions of the body portion on a first direction side and a second direction side in the vehicle width direction, and a reinforcing member joined to the body portion along the body portion. The body portion includes a first standard rigidity region, a high rigidity region, and a second standard rigidity region arrayed next to each other in this order in the vehicle width direction. The high rigidity region has rigidity higher than rigidity of the first standard rigidity region and rigidity of the second standard rigidity region and is positioned in a center of the body portion in the vehicle width direction. The reinforcing member is provided so as to at least partially overlap the high rigidity region and the first standard rigidity region through a first boundary position.

Provided herewith is a customizable bumper system for a vehicle and a related method of customizing. The customizable bumper system includes a central weldment that bolts onto a frame of the vehicle. The central weldment includes a height adjustable hitch receiver attachment structure in the form of an array of parallel holes for attaching a hitch receiver at a selected hitch height position along the central weldment. The central weldment also includes a pair of height adjustable extension attachment structures in the form of arrays of parallel holes for selectively attaching a respective pair of lateral bumper extension members upon which one or more selected light components are optionally installed. These lateral bumper extension members are also attached at a selected extension height position. Additional component attachment structures enable one aftermarket components to be optionally installed upon the central weldment.

A garnish structure includes a garnish unit configured to be located on a surface of a lower door and to perform impact absorption and load support, wherein the garnish unit includes a first layer region configured to absorb energy, and a second layer region configured to withstand a collision. The garnish unit further includes a garnish panel forming an outer surface of the garnish unit, a first impact member formed inside the garnish panel, an absorbing member located in the first layer region, a spring member located inside the absorbing member, a second impact member formed inside the first impact member, and a damping spring located in the second layer region.

A vehicle front end includes a bumper and a carrier attached to the bumper. A plurality of fins are movably attached to the carrier and are spaced from each other. The fins taper in a direction transverse to the bumper. The fins may be moved to a deployed position to reinforce the bumper to improve low-speed damageability of the bumper, and may be moved to an inactive position, which may allow a fascia to more easily deform relative to the deployed position to provide energy absorption for pedestrian impacts.

A bumper apparatus for a vehicle may include an airbag module and a rotary member. The airbag module has an airbag cushion to be deployed through a bumper. The rotary member rotatably is provided on a vehicle body, and coupled at an end to a bumper portion that is removable by a force generated when the airbag cushion is deployed. The rotary member is rotatable about the vehicle body along with the bumper portion when the airbag cushion is deployed.

A lower grille assembly preventing light leakage and fixedly connected to a bumper skin of a vehicle and comprising a lower grille body with a buckle mounting orifice and a lower grille trim with a buckle, wherein the lower grille trim is fixedly connected to the lower grille body by means of the buckle and the buckle mounting orifice; a buckle flange extending outward on the buckle of the lower grille trim, the buckle including a U-shaped groove for receiving an end of the skin and in a clearance fit with the end, so as to clamp and support the skin, effectively ensuring a Z-direction clearance between the trim and the skin, preventing the skin from falling due to its dead weight, and avoiding light leakage due to an increased Z-direction clearance between the skin and the lower grille assembly resulting from deformation of the lower grille assembly.

A vehicle front structure includes front side frames of right and left extending over a front-back direction of a vehicle, upper members provided in an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the front side frames and extending over the front-back direction of the vehicle; and connection frame extending over a space between a front end portion of the front side frame and a front end portion of the upper member, the connection frame includes; a diagonal reinforcement member extending forward from an outer side wall surface in the vehicle width direction of the front side frame while inclining toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction; a box-shaped reinforcement portion extending over a space between an inclination surface on the outer side of the diagonal reinforcement member and an inner side wall surface of the upper member and having a closed cross section.

A vehicle front structure includes front side frames of right and left extending over a front-back direction of a vehicle, upper members provided in an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the front side frames and extending over the front-back direction of the vehicle; and connection frame extending over a space between a front end portion of the front side frame and a front end portion of the upper member, the connection frame includes; a diagonal reinforcement member extending forward from an outer side wall surface in the vehicle width direction of the front side frame while inclining toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction; a box-shaped reinforcement portion extending over a space between an inclination surface on the outer side of the diagonal reinforcement member and an inner side wall surface of the upper member and having a closed cross section.

A rear module for a vehicle includes a crossmember that extends along a transverse direction and is connected to the vehicle body and a bumper connected to the crossmember. The bumper includes an aperture. The rear module further includes a reversing camera that protrudes through the bumper, and a first impact element and a second impact element arranged on the bumper to a respective first side and a respective second side of the reversing camera and at a lateral spacing, in the transverse direction, from the reversing camera. The first impact element and the second impact element protrude, in the longitudinal direction, beyond the reversing camera and/or the bumper.

Presented are multilayer, fiber-reinforced impact protection structures with honeycomb-core or corrugated-layer designs, methods for making/using such structures, and vehicles with traction battery packs supported on skid plates fabricated from such structures. A multilayer impact protection structure includes a first layer with continuous fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix, and a second layer that is attached to the first layer and includes an elastomeric polymer. A third layer, which is attached to one side of the first layer opposite that of the second layer, includes a fiber-reinforced polymer honeycomb and/or corrugated structure. An optional fracture detection circuit is attached to the first or third layer, and is configured to detect a break in the impact protection structure. The corrugated structure may include multiple reinforcement ribs that are interposed within and substantially orthogonal to a series of mutually parallel, elongated ridges. Comparatively, the honeycomb structure includes a lattice of adjoining polygonal cells.