Patent ID: 8485574
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle bumper structure comprising: a bumper beam disposed in a vehicle width direction between ends of right and left frame members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; and an absorber provided along a bumper load input surface of the bumper beam, the bumper load input surface receiving an impact load, wherein the bumper beam includes an absorber support surface extending toward a vehicle inner side from at least one of upper and lower ends of the bumper load input surface, and a reinforcing rib projecting from the absorber support surface, wherein the reinforcing rib includes a rib body, and a pair of right and left rib bend portions extending from right and left ends of the rib body so as to bend toward the vehicle inner side, and wherein the absorber includes an absorber body that receives the impact load, a pair of right and left absorber support legs extending from the absorber body over the reinforcing rib, and a pair of right and left contact portions extending outward in the vehicle width direction from the absorber support legs so as to contact to the right and left rib bend portions from the vehicle inner side such that the position of the absorber in the vehicle width direction is fixed by the right contact portion and the left contact portion contacting the right rib bend portion and the left rib bend portion, respectively.