Patent ID: 7717204

Claim:
A bumper structure of an automotive vehicle, comprising: a face member having an outside-air intake that allows outside air to come therethrough toward a heat exchanger; and a face support member that is provided behind the face member and restrains deformation of the face member, wherein the face member and the face support member form a duct that guides part of the outside air coming in through the outside-air intake of the face member to an opening portion that is formed at an upper-side portion of a rectangular-shaped shroud panel supporting the heat exchanger so as to penetrate the shroud panel longitudinally, wherein said face member has the outside-air intake for the heat exchanger at a central portion thereof and a pair of lamp-corresponding portions at both-end portions thereof, said face support member has a body portion behind a portion of the face member that is located above said outside-air intake between said lamp-corresponding portions, said body portion of the face support member has a groove portion that is formed so as to be recessed rearward from a base face of the body portion at a location corresponding to a side end portion of the outside-air intake of the face member, said groove portion of the body portion has a lower end that is exposed to the outside-air intake of the face member in an elevation view, a passage portion that extends upward from the lower end and then bends inwardly, and an opening portion that is located at a position in front of said opening portion formed at the upper-side portion of the shroud panel, and said duct formed by the face member and the face support member comprises an inlet that is formed at said lower end of the groove portion behind the face member, an upward extending portion and a bending portion that are formed at said passage portion of the groove portion behind the face member, and an opening-front portion that is formed at said opening portion of the groove portion behind the face member so as to lead to the opening portion formed at the upper-side portion of the shroud panel.