Patent ID: 8382196

Claim:
An attachment structure of an instrument panel reinforcement for a vehicle, to be employed at an instrument panel reinforcement that is formed such that a driver seat side thereof has a greater section modulus than a passenger seat side thereof, the vehicle instrument panel reinforcement attachment structure comprising: a driver seat side brace member and a passenger seat side brace member that are disposed, respectively, at the driver seat side and passenger seat side of the instrument panel reinforcement, that are each formed in a long strip shape, and that join the instrument panel reinforcement with a cowl or dashboard disposed at the vehicle forward side of the instrument panel reinforcement; and a relative movement portion that is provided at the passenger seat side brace member and that, if a tension load of at least a predetermined value acts thereon, causes the passenger seat side brace member, at least at the side thereof of the direction of action of the tension load, to relatively move to the vehicle rearward side with respect to an attachment position of the passenger seat side brace member.