Patent ID: 9266486
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. An impact absorbing structure for a vehicle that absorbs a collision load input from a bumper beam to a vehicle body, the impact absorbing structure comprising: an energy absorbing member fixed to the vehicle body; and a joint in which, in a state where a longitudinal direction thereof extends along a front-back direction of the vehicle, a proximal end in the longitudinal direction is connected to the energy absorbing member and a distal end in the longitudinal direction is connected to the bumper beam, and which, when a collision load is input from the bumper beam to the vehicle body, causes the load to act upon the energy absorbing member while collapsing in the longitudinal direction, wherein the distal end of the joint connected to the bumper beam has an inclined shape such that a distance from the energy absorbing member decreases gradually from a center in a width direction of the vehicle toward an outside in the width direction, and the distal end is provided with at least either one of a gradual increase region in which a width in a height direction of the vehicle increases gradually and a gradual decrease region in which the width in the height direction of the vehicle decreases gradually, from the center in the width direction of the vehicle toward the outside in the width direction.