Patent ID: 7201414

Claim:
A shock absorbing structure for a vehicle comprising: a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction; a pair of side members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and provided in a manner where each of the side members is positioned at each end of the bumper reinforcement; a pair of crash boxes provided between the pair of side members and the bumper reinforcement in a manner where each of the crash boxes is positioned between each of the side members and the bumper reinforcement; and the crash box including, a crash box body being hollowed in a vertical direction so as to have a first opening, a second opening and side walls which vertically extend between the first opening and the second opening, wherein the bumper reinforcement is attached to one end of the crash box body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a side member attachment flange, to which the side member is attached, is integrally formed at the other end of the crash box body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a load adjusting plate fixed to the crash box body so as to cover at least one of the first opening and the second opening of the crash box body and to sandwich the side walls of the crash box body.