A hood bumper for a vehicle having a hood including: a housing having a wall, a base, an internal chamber, and an opening to the internal chamber. The wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface. the interior surface defines the internal chamber. The hood bumper further including a biasing mechanism operably connected to the housing and a plunger operably connected to the biasing mechanism and configured to receive an exerted force from the hood. The hood bumper further including a bumper head operably connected to the housing and a support frame operably connecting the bumper head to the housing. The plunger is configured to first move into the bumper head to absorb an impact force to the hood, next the bumper head compresses to further absorb the impact force, and then the support frame collapses to even further absorb the impact force.

A vehicle body front structure comprises a bumper beam provided in a front portion of a vehicle body, a hood lock member provided on a rear side and an upper side of the bumper beam, and a hood lock provided on an upper side of the hood lock member and configured to engage with a hood so that the hood can be opened/closed. The hood lock member is made of a resin. A hood lock bracket made of a metal is attached to the hood lock member. The hood lock is attached to the hood lock bracket. The hood lock bracket and the bumper beam are connected by a connecting member.

A bumper assembly includes a bumper elongated along a first axis. The bumper assembly includes a first energy absorbing device extending from the bumper, the first energy absorbing device having a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first energy absorbing device being elastically deformable along the second axis. The bumper assembly includes a second energy absorbing device within the first energy absorbing device and being shorter than the first energy absorbing device.

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.

A bumper arrangement of a passenger car has an upper and a lower load path. A spring element is provided on the transverse support of the lower load path, which, in the event of a collision of a pedestrian with the passenger car, exerts an additional force on the lower leg of the pedestrian, so as to support the movement of the pedestrian in the direction of the front hood of the passenger car.

A bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a fin supported by the bumper beam. The fin has a proximate end proximate to the bumper beam and a distal end distal to the bumper beam and an axis extending from the proximate end to the distal end. The fin has a sinuous shape in a cross section normal to the axis.

The disclosure relates to a crossmember for arranging on a motor vehicle, wherein the crossmember is formed in two parts from a profile, which is open on one side, as seen in cross section, and from a closing panel, each being made of metallic material, and the crossmember and the closing panel are coupled to one another, wherein the closing panel is produced in the form of an extruded light-metal component, wherein an extrusion direction is oriented transversely to the longitudinal extent of the crossmember and, as seen in the longitudinal extent of the crossmember, the closing panel has regions of different wall thicknesses.

A vehicle body structure includes a reinforcing member formed of a fiber reinforced resin and having a plate shape or a sheet shape and a metallic vehicle framework member. The vehicle framework member includes a rear wall portion and a reinforcing portion, one end face of the reinforcing member in a thickness direction of the reinforcing member being bonded to the rear wall portion and the reinforcing portion being disposed on the rear wall portion and protruding along a vertical direction from the rear wall portion.

A vehicle front structure includes a crash box and an absorber. The crash box is provided between a front end of a front side member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction. The absorber is provided forward of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle front-rear direction and extends in the vehicle width direction. In the vehicle width direction, an outer end of the crash box in the vehicle width direction is positioned outward of an outer end of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle width direction, and in the vehicle width direction, an outer end of the absorber in the vehicle width direction is positioned outward of the outer end of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle width direction.

A skeleton structure of a front part of a vehicle has a reinforcement member that has a higher rigidity than a bumper reinforcement and that is housed in an end, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the bumper reinforcement. With this structure, passing-through of the vehicle from a barrier during a small overlap collision is suppressed, and an amount of absorption of collision energy by the skeleton member can be increased.