Patent ID: 6059331
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
A bumper reinforcement structure for vehicle side frames, the structure including a bumper reinforcement which extends transverse to a vehicle body and which is disposed at longitudinal end portions of the vehicle side frames, which are disposed along a longitudinal vehicle direction and define a vehicle side frame axial center, the bumper reinforcement having a projecting portion projecting at least one of further upwardly or further downwardly than the longitudinal end portions of the vehicle side frames, said bumper reinforcement structure further comprising:load transmitting means which is not rigidly fixed to longitudinally extending side walls of the vehicle side frames and which, at the time of a collision, applies to the side walls of the vehicle side frames a force that creates a second bending moment in a direction opposite to a first bending moment applied to the vehicle side frames by a collision force acting on the bumper reinforcement at a position offset from the axial center of the vehicle side frames.