Patent ID: 9738241
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A bumper absorber attachment structure comprising: bumper reinforcement that is provided at a vehicle front section and that is formed in an elongated shape with a length direction along a vehicle width direction; a first engaged portion that is formed at a vehicle upper side of at least one of both vehicle width direction end portions or a vehicle width direction center portion of a side face at a vehicle front side of the bumper reinforcement; a second engaged portion that is formed at a vehicle lower side of at least one of both the vehicle width direction end portions or the vehicle width direction center portion of the side face at the vehicle front side of the bumper reinforcement; a bumper absorber that includes a thinned portion open toward a vehicle rear side at a vehicle vertical direction center portion, an upper leg disposed at a vehicle upper side of the thinned portion and extending toward the vehicle rear side in a vehicle side cross-section view, and a lower leg disposed at a vehicle lower side of the thinned portion and extending toward the vehicle rear side in the vehicle side cross-section view, the bumper absorber abutting the side face at the vehicle front side of the bumper reinforcement, a cross-section profile of the bumper absorber orthogonal to the vehicle width direction being substantially U-shaped, including the upper leg configuring the vehicle upper side of the thinned portion and the lower leg configuring the vehicle lower side of the thinned portion; a first engagement portion that is formed at a vehicle rear side of the upper leg, and that engages with the first engaged portion such that the bumper absorber is restrained in an attached position with respect to the bumper reinforcement; and a second engagement portion that is formed at a vehicle rear side of the lower leg, and that engages with the second engaged portion in a case in which the bumper absorber is displaced toward the vehicle lower side in a collision.