Patent ID: 8500178

Claim:
A bumper structure for a vehicle, comprising: a bumper beam extending in a width direction of the vehicle; a bumper face covering the bumper beam; and a safety plate disposed behind the bumper face and supported by the bumper beam, wherein the safety plate has a substantially U-shaped cross section and is formed of a top plate, a bottom plate disposed below the top plate, and a load input plate connecting the top plate and the bottom plate, the safety plate being joined with the bumper beam at an open end opposite to the load input plate, wherein the bumper beam and the safety plate define therebetween a hollow section, and an inner plate is disposed in the hollow section, wherein the top plate is inclined obliquely downward from the bumper beam toward a forward direction of the vehicle, the load input plate is continuous with and extending substantially vertically downward from the top plate, and the bottom plate extends substantially horizontally from the load input plate to the bumper beam, wherein the inner plate projects from the bumper beam in substantially parallel with the top plate, and wherein the inner plate is bent in a staircase shape as seen in side view of the vehicle and includes a mounted section mounted to a top wall of the bumper beam, a leg section continuing from the mounted section and extending downward along a front wall of the bumper beam, a back support section continuing from the leg section and being approximately parallel to the top plate, and a load input flange continuing from the back support section and extending along the load input plate.