Patent ID: 7481484
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, comprising a plate member which is disposed at a lower part of a front of the vehicle so as to extend in a frontward and backward direction of the vehicle and which is provided with an outlet hole discharging a foreign substance entered an upper surface side of the plate member to the outside in a state in which the plate member is fixed to the vehicle, the apparatus being arranged to sweep a leg portion of a pedestrian that has collided with the front of the vehicle by contact of a front end of the plate member with the leg portion of the pedestrian, thereby protecting the leg portion of the pedestrian, wherein the plate member comprises a concave portion which is open at the upper surface of the plate member and which is formed in the plate member so as to be positioned more frontward of the vehicle than a radiator disposed at the front section of the vehicle in a state in which the plate member is fixed to the vehicle, and wherein the concave portion includes a non-horizontal bottom portion which provides a non-horizontal inner surface extending in an inclined or curved manner such that a depth thereof is gradually increased toward a rear side of the vehicle and the outlet hole formed by a communicating hole which is disposed at the concave portion so as to be positioned more rearward of the vehicle than the non-horizontal bottom portion and which allows a communication between inside and outside of the concave portion.