Patent ID: 8827333

Claim:
A vehicle bumper structure comprising: a bumper face exposed outward from a vehicle at a front end of a vehicle body, the bumper face including an air dam at a lower end thereof; and a load transmission member having a front end opposing a surface of the bumper face at a vehicle rear side and a rear end secured to a vehicle body structural member, wherein the load transmission member is disposed inside the air dam and has a groove that opens to a lower portion of the load transmission member, the groove serving as a starting point for bending the load transmission member in response to a compressive load in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle upon a collision, a width of the groove decreases continuously from a lower portion of the groove to an upper portion of the groove, and the groove has a rotary center near the upper end thereof, the rotary center serving as a fulcrum when the load transmission member is bent.