Patent ID: 9623821
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A vehicle bumper structure of a vehicle, the vehicle bumper structure comprising: a functional component having a function other than an impact absorbing function; a bumper cover; a reinforcement; and an absorber provided between the bumper cover and the reinforcement, the absorber including: (i) a first impact absorbing member defining a hole near the functional component, and (ii) a second impact absorbing member being inserted into the hole, the second impact absorbing member being more rigid than the first impact absorbing member, and the second impact absorbing member being provided outside of the functional component in a width direction of the vehicle, wherein: the second impact absorbing member has a protruding portion protruding away from the second impact absorbing member in an insertion direction of the second impact absorbing member into the hole, the protruding portion provided on a side surface of the second impact absorbing member with respect to the insertion direction; and movement of the second impact absorbing member in a direction opposite the insertion direction is inhibited by the protruding portion biting into an inside wall of the hole in the first impact absorbing member.