Patent ID: 8157046
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A collision detection apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a bumper reinforcement disposed to be extended in a width direction of the vehicle; a side supporting member including one of a side member and a crash box, the side supporting member being coupled with the bumper reinforcement and being disposed to be extended in a length direction of the vehicle; a deforming body having (i) a substantially plate-shaped main part extended in the length direction and (ii) a fixing part including a pair of a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion, the fixing part being fixed to a mating member, the mating member including at least one of the side supporting member and the bumper reinforcement; and a strain detecting device fixed to the main part of the deforming body to detect strain produced in the side supporting member in the length direction of the vehicle, wherein an uneven member is formed in at least one of (i) a facing side of the fixing part and (ii) a facing side of the mating member opposing to each other, not to produce a slippage at an interface between the fixing part and the mating member, the slippage arising in the length direction of the vehicle.