Patent ID: 9352715
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle bumper including a pedestrian collision detection apparatus comprising: a bumper reinforcement that is disposed in a vehicle width direction as a longitudinal direction thereof; a chamber member that is disposed in the vehicle width direction as a longitudinal direction thereof and is adjacent to an outer side surface of the bumper reinforcement in a vehicle front-rear direction, inside of the chamber member functioning as a pressure chamber; a pressure detector that outputs a signal corresponding to a change in pressure of the pressure chamber; a collision determination unit that determines whether or not a vehicle collides with a pedestrian by the signal output from the pressure detector; an absorber that is provided on a vehicle lower side of the chamber member, is adjacent to the outer side surface of the bumper reinforcement in the vehicle front-rear direction, and is disposed in the vehicle width direction as a longitudinal direction thereof; and a bumper cover that is provided on the outside of the chamber member and the absorber in the vehicle front-rear direction and includes a projected portion that is projected from an opposite wall that faces the chamber member to the chamber member side, wherein the bumper cover includes a lower side wall that is disposed on a vehicle lower side of the opposite wall and on the outside of the opposite wall in the vehicle front-rear direction, a lower end of the opposite wall and an upper end of the lower side wall are directly connected in a stepped shape by a connecting portion that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction in the side view, and wherein the bumper cover has a plurality of the projected portions arranged at intervals in the vehicle width direction.