B60R2019/527

Radar unit assembly for a vehicle
11221408 · 2022-01-11 · ·

A radar unit assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle body structure and a grille assembly mounted to the vehicle body structure. A radar unit is connected to the grille assembly.

Vehicle device with fastening system for critical areas

The invention relates to a motor vehicle device including a one-piece fastening system of the motor vehicle. This fastening system includes a fastening flange, a guiding member having at least one supporting member and a supporting surface participating in maintaining the guiding member in a first position, and an elastically deformable portion exerting a restoring force adapted to restore the guiding member into said first position.

VEHICLE BODY FRONT CONSTRUCTION
20230311799 · 2023-10-05 ·

A vehicle body front construction includes: a front bumper including an opening; an air guide member disposed behind the front bumper and configured to guide rearward outside air taken from the opening; and a sensor attached to the front bumper; and a sensor protection member disposed between the sensor and the air guide member. The sensor protection member includes: a protection wall extending in a width direction of a vehicle with a clearance between the sensor protection member and the air guide member; and a side wall extending forward from an end of the protection wall close to the opening. The side wall includes a front end positioned close to the front bumper.

VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE
20230311800 · 2023-10-05 ·

A vehicle front structure includes: an air guide member arranged behind an opening of a front bumper to guide rearward ambient air taken through the opening; a radar attached to an upper front grille; and a grille support member arranged behind the radar and extending substantially horizontally in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein a front end of the grille support member is fixed to the upper front grille, and a rear end of the grille support member is fixed to the air guide member.

VEHICLE-BODY FRONT STRUCTURE THAT IMPROVES PROTECTION FOR PEDESTRIAN COLLISION

To improve protection performance for a pedestrian colliding with a front portion of a traveling vehicle, a front bumper includes a bumper fascia, a front grill, and decorative member. The disposition position and shape of a bumper reinforcement are set such that the bumper reinforcement is positioned inside an opening of the bumper fascia in a front view. Cross members are arranged at higher and lower positions than the decorative member and extend toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side beyond the bumper reinforcement.

VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE THAT SUPRESSES DAMAGE FROM A COLLISION

To suppress damage on a bonnet at light collision, a vehicle-body structure includes rear-portion crush cans that perform compressive deformation when a first predetermined load is applied, and front-portion crush cans that perform compressive deformation when a second predetermined load smaller than the first predetermined load is applied. A front portion of a bonnet is positioned on a vehicle rear side of front portions of the rear-portion crush cans.

VEHICLE-BODY FRONT STRUCTURE HAVING A FRONT PORTION TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS IN A COLLISION

To improve protection performance for a pedestrian colliding with a front portion of a traveling vehicle, a front bumper includes a bumper fascia, a front grill, and a decorative member. The decorative member includes a left part extending along a left edge portion of an opening, and a right part extending along a right edge portion of the opening. A left end portion of a bumper reinforcement is positioned on a right side of the left part of the decorative member. A right end portion of the bumper reinforcement is positioned on a left side of the right part of the decorative member.

VEHICLE TRIM RETENTION SYSTEM

A bumper assembly includes a retention member, a front-loaded component, and a bumper shell. The retention member includes a plurality of retaining features. The front-loaded component includes a plurality of receiving members. The bumper shell is positioned substantially between the retention member and the front-loaded component. The plurality of retaining features are coupled to the plurality of receiving members such that the retention member and the front-loaded component engage the bumper shell.

Pedestrian protection apparatus
11447092 · 2022-09-20 · ·

A pedestrian protection apparatus includes a collision prediction unit which predicts a collision of a vehicle with a pedestrian existing forward of the vehicle, a grille which is disposed on a front surface of the vehicle so as to be inclined while rising toward the rear and attached to the vehicle in a state where an upper end portion of the grille is forwardly advanceable, and an actuator mechanism which causes, when the collision prediction unit predicts the collision of the vehicle with the pedestrian, the grille to be moved in such a manner that the upper end portion of the grille is advanced forward by a forward advancing amount greater than that of a lower end portion of the grille.

FRONT BUMPER
20220314910 · 2022-10-06 ·

A front bumper includes a bumper body, a bumper inner, and a first electronic device. The bumper body is exposed to the outside of the vehicle. The bumper inner is located inside the bumper body and configured to fix the bumper body to a body of the vehicle. The first electronic device is located between the bumper body and the bumper inner. The bumper inner includes an inner body facing at least a part of the first electronic device in a first direction, and at least one columnar portion located adjacent to first the electronic device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and extending in the first direction from the inner body toward the bumper body. The length in the first direction of the at least one columnar portion is greater than the length in the first direction of the first electronic device.