Patent ID: 9676354
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A bumper absorber structure for use with a vehicle, the bumper absorber structure comprising: a bumper reinforcement disposed at a front portion of the vehicle and that is formed in a long shape lengthwise direction of the vehicle and coincides with a vehicle width direction; a bumper cover that covers the bumper reinforcement from a vehicle front side and being equipped with an air intake opening that opens in a vehicle front and rear direction; an air introduction path disposed on a rear side in the vehicle front and rear direction of the bumper cover as seen in a vehicle side view, the air introduction path introducing air from the air intake opening toward a vehicle rear side; a grille shutter disposed at the air introduction path and on a rear side in the vehicle front and rear direction of the bumper reinforcement as seen in the vehicle side view, the grille shutter being configured to open and close the air introduction path; and a bumper absorber attached to a front side in the vehicle front and rear direction of the bumper reinforcement, the bumper absorber forming a part of the air introduction path together with the bumper reinforcement, the bumper absorber having a front side surface including a raised portion that projects toward a vehicle front side relative to the vehicle front side surface, the raised portion being in contact with or in close proximity to a back surface of the bumper cover while the front side surface is spaced apart from the bumper cover.