Vehicles with high bumpers as used in trucks and SUVs are said to be not providing sufficient impact safety for pedestrians lower legs due to their height from the road. The invention relates to a bumper 20 attached with a first bracket 22, and a second bracket 26 attached to the frame horn 24, the second bracket having vertical slots 32 and is attached to the first bracket with bolts 28, spacers (fig 3, item 34) and nuts 30. The vehicle on sensing a pedestrian crash signals the controller which then provides a signal to trigger the actuator mechanism to deploy the bumper downwards closing the gap between road and bumper, reducing lower leg damage or under roll by offering a better leg surface impact.
Movable vehicle bumper
2016-10-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |