A hybrid bumper assembly for a vehicle includes a steel reinforcement beam and aluminum crush cans attached to end portions of the steel reinforcement beam. The reinforcement beam has a multi-tubular shape that is formed by a high-strength steel sheet that is roll formed to provide at least two tubular portions. A crush can has an interfacing portion that is coupled to an end portion of the reinforcement beam. The end portions of the reinforcement beam and the interfacing portion of the crush cans may be configured to attach together using a select joining technology in a manner that minimizes or eliminates bimetallic or galvanic corrosion between the reinforcement beam and the crush cans.

The present disclosure provides a collision energy absorbing apparatus capable of suppressing a peak load at the initial stage of a collision and a load drop immediately after it. The collision energy absorbing apparatus is an apparatus that absorbs collision energy, the apparatus being mounted on a vehicle and including a pressure member, an absorbing member, and a guide part that guides, a moving direction of the pressure member, in which a hole through which the pressure member guided and moved by the guide part enters is formed in the absorbing member, and in an event of a collision, the pressure member is guided by the guide part and a tip part of the pressure member enters the hole formed in the absorbing member while shearing an inner wall of the hole, to thereby absorb collision energy.

A crash management system (1) for a front or rear part of a vehicle having a longitudinal direction X, a transverse direction Y perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X and a vertical direction Z perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X and to the transverse direction Y, said crash management system (1) having a crash management system length (L.sub.C) along the Y direction and comprising: a cross beam (2) having a cross beam length (L.sub.B) along the Y direction, at least one additional element (3) having an outer face (36) and an inner face (50), wherein the additional element has at least one wall (38) which is connected to said cross beam (2), at least one absorber (4) having an outer face and/or an inner face, characterized in that said cross beam length (L.sub.B) is smaller than said crash management system length (L.sub.C), said cross beam (2) is connected to said absorber (4) through said additional element (3).

A vehicle front structure includes side frames in pairs, a bumper beam, lower frames in pairs, and a lower beam. The lower beam extends in a vehicle width direction on a vehicle lower side of the bumper beam. The lower beam is coupled to vehicle-front-side end parts of the lower frames. The lower beam includes a front lower beam member and lower beam members in pairs. The front lower beam member constitutes a vehicle-front-side part of the lower beam. The front lower beam member extends in the vehicle width direction. Longitudinal-direction end parts of the front lower beam member are disposed outward in the vehicle width direction, as seen from the lower frames. The rear lower beam members constitute a vehicle-rear-side part of the lower beam. The rear lower beam members are joined respectively to both of the longitudinal-direction end parts of the front lower beam member.

A connecting structure for exterior members includes: a first exterior member provided on a vehicle body; a second exterior member disposed adjacent to the first exterior member; an engaging portion provided on one of the first and second exterior members; and an engaged portion provided on the other one of the first and second exterior members. The connecting structure has a parting line formed between the first exterior member and the second exterior member by disposing the second exterior member on the vehicle body adjacent to the first exterior member. Sliding one of the first and second exterior members relative to the other one of the first and second exterior members along, the parting line causes the engaging portion and the engaged portion to be brought into engagement with each other in a direction intersecting a sliding direction of the one of the first and second exterior members.

A bumper assembly is provided for a vehicle having a frame. The bumper assembly includes a winch cradle defining a cradle mounting aperture corresponding to a first frame aperture of the frame. A bumper member is configured to at least partially surround the winch cradle and extend laterally from the winch cradle across a portion of the vehicle. The bumper member defines a bumper mounting aperture corresponding to a second frame aperture. The winch cradle is configured to couple to the vehicle frame independent of the bumper member and the bumper member is configured to couple to the vehicle frame independent of the winch cradle.

A mount for securing an element such as a radar transceiver on a vehicle includes a bracket securable to a vehicle bumper or other component. A cover plate is securable to the vehicle component opposite the bracket, and fasteners are extended through the cover plate and the bracket to clamp the bracket and the cover plate against opposite sides of the vehicle component, with the radar transceiver or other element located between the cover plate and a base of the bracket. An alignment arrangement may be included to permit changes to the positioning of the radar transceiver or other element between the cover plate and the base of the bracket for proper transceiver alignment. A process of securing a radar transceiver or other element on a vehicle is also described.

A front body structure provided on a vehicle includes a bumper beam, a left frame and a right frame in pairs, stays, and gussets. The bumper beam extends in a left-right direction at a front end of the vehicle. The frames extend in a front-rear direction. The stays support the bumper beam. The stays are provided at front ends of the frames. The gussets are disposed separated from the bumper beam. Each of the gussets extend inclined outward in the left-right direction, and obliquely forward from an outer end of a corresponding one of the left frame and the right frame to ahead of a front end of a corresponding one of the left frame and the right frame. Each of the stays includes a bead at a predetermined position in the front-rear direction. Each of the beads extends in a circumferential direction of the respective one of the stays.

Energy absorption at the time of load input is improved with high mass efficiency. A hollow member includes: a hollow metal member having a bending induction portion in a portion thereof in a longitudinal direction; and a resin material which is disposed in close contact with the metal member on both sides of the bending induction portion in the longitudinal direction, and is disposed in at least a part of a range of less than ⅚ of a cross-sectional height of the metal member from an end portion of the bending induction portion toward an outside in the longitudinal, in which an amount of the resin material per length in the longitudinal direction is larger on the outside of the bending induction portion than on an inside of the bending induction portion.

A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a vehicle bumper and a load transfer assembly. The vehicle bumper is coupled to a front end of the vehicle frame and includes a center beam and a bumper beam extension that extends laterally from an end of the center beam. The load transfer assembly includes first and second pivot pins and a load beam. The first pivot pin is fixed to the bumper beam extension and the second pivot pin is fixed to the vehicle frame. The load beam has a first end pivotably coupled to the first pivot pin and a second end pivotably coupled to the second pivot pin. The load beam is configured to load the vehicle frame in a lateral direction upon a vehicle impact event.