Patent ID: 6338510
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle body comprising:side members disposed on sides of the vehicle body, said side member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; a bumper reinforcement; and bumper brackets joining said bumper reinforcement to ends of said side members, respectively, each of said bumper brackets being made of one of an extruded material and a cast material and having a boss, a vertical wall formed around the boss and a rib connecting the boss and the vertical wall, the boss having formed therein a vertical hole extending vertically of the vehicle body and establishing connection of said bumper reinforcement and a corresponding one of said side members through a fastening member which is fitted within the vertical hole of the boss so as to allow said bumper bracket to rotate around the fastening member; wherein the bumper bracket disperses impact force transmitted from the bumper reinforcement through the rib, boss and vertical wall; and the bumper bracket is restricted in direction of rotation by interference between the vertical wall and the side member.