Patent ID: 7533927

Claim:
A shock absorbing structure for a vehicle comprising a resin main body which includes a top wall to which a shock is to be applied and two side walls which are formed integrally with the top wall such that the two side walls respectively extend from opposite two end portions of the top wall so as to be opposed to each other, toward one of opposite sides of the top wall, which side is opposite to the other side thereof on which the shock is applied, said side walls absorb the shock by being deformed, and said resin main body has a U-shaped cross section parallel to a shock-receiving direction in which the shock is to be primarily applied, characterized in that: each of the side walls forms a substantially square wave shape extending in a direction perpendicular to the shock-receiving direction, with alternating divergent and convergent corrugated sections positioned opposing to each other a specified distance apart in the direction perpendicular to the shock-receiving direction; an outer flange is integrally formed with the each of the side walls at an end section of the side wall opposite to a top wall side thereof, so as to be extend to an entire length of the side walls in the direction perpendicular to the shock-receiving direction; and a slit extending in the shock-receiving direction is respectively provided on each of the plurality of corrugated sections.