Patent ID: 9254812
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A front structure of a vehicle, comprising: a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction; a shock absorbing member fixed to a front face of the bumper reinforcement and extending in the vehicle width direction along the bumper reinforcement; and an exterior member arranged in front of the shock absorbing member, wherein said shock absorbing member comprises a base portion extending vertically along the front face of said bumper reinforcement and a projection portion extending forward from a lower end portion of the base portion, the projection portion being plate-shaped and resiliently-downward deformable relative to the base portion, said base portion is configured such that both end portions thereof in the vehicle width direction have a greater vertical width than the other portion of the base portion which is positioned inward from the both end portions and have a harder hardness than the other portion of the base portion.