Patent ID: 8628113

Claim:
A side impact absorbing apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an impact bar that is disposed inside a side door so as to extend along an outer panel of the side door; an impact absorbing member that is located outward of a hip and a lower abdomen of an occupant in a vehicle lateral direction, the impact absorbing member disposed on a back side of a door trim of the side door, and the impact absorbing member has a portion which overlaps the impact bar when seen from a side of a host vehicle; and a side airbag that is deployed and inflated between the door trim and a side portion of the occupant when a side collision occurs, wherein the impact absorbing member has i) a first portion which overlaps a lower portion of the deployed side airbag when seen from the side of the host vehicle, and to which a load from the deployed side airbag is applied, and ii) a second portion that is a portion of the impact absorbing member other than the first portion, wherein the first portion has a connection portion that is connected to the second portion, and wherein the first portion is smaller in thickness at least at the connection portion that is connected to the second portion than a portion of the second portion, the portion being connected to the first portion from below the first portion.