Patent ID: 7537252
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle bumper structure comprising a bumper beam to be mounted on a vehicle body and a gusset to be attached to an outer surface of the bumper beam for absorbing an impact force, said bumper beam being a beam of a closed sectional shape which includes: a vehicle-body-side inner wall portion to be mounted on the vehicle body; upper and lower outwardly-extending wall portions that extend from upper and lower ends, respectively, of the vehicle-body-side inner wall portion toward an outside of the vehicle body; an outer wall portion connecting the upper and lower outwardly-extending wall portions; and at least one horizontal inner rib connecting the outer wall portion and the vehicle-body- side inner wall portion, said outer wall portion having a vertical wall portion extending vertically downward from an outer end of the upper outwardly- extending wall portion and a slanted wall portion slanted from a lower end of the vertical wall portion toward the vehicle body, said gusset having a closed sectional shape and including an upper horizontal inner rib aligned with said at least one horizontal inner rib of the bumper beam, and a lower horizontal inner rib disposed below the upper horizontal inner rib for dispersing an impact force at least to the slanted wall portion, wherein the lower horizontal inner rib is positioned at an oblique angle relative to the slanted wall portion of the bumper beam, said gusset further having an upper extension rib aligned with the upper outwardly-extending wall portion of the bumper beam.