Bumper system for a motor vehicle
CA 2511270 C · Owner: Magna International Inc. · Inventors: Mellis, Jeffery Jay; Langlois, Erryn Leigh; Kessen, Mark A.
Overview
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A bumper system for mounting to a frame assembly of a motor vehicle at one end of the motor vehicle includes a bumper beam and an energy absorber. The bumper beam includes an upper beam wall a lower beam wall, and a central beam wall between the upper and lower beam walls. The energy absorber is mounted to the bumper beam and includes an upper absorber wall a lower absorber wall, and a central absorber wall between the upper and lower absorber walls. The energy absorber has a height that is greater than a height of the bumper beam such that the upper absorber wall is spaced upwardly above the upper beam wall and the lower absorber wall is spaced downwardly below the lower beam wall.
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- Filed June 30, 2005 and granted March 11, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 30, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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