Contact detection apparatus for vehicle

A contact detection apparatus for a vehicle, the contact detection apparatus comprising:

• a bumper beam extending in a width direction of the vehicle;
• an absorber disposed in front of and adjacent to the bumper beam and extending in the width direction of the vehicle;
• a contact detection sensor including a pressure tube and configured to output a signal in accordance with a change in pressure of the pressure tube, the pressure tube extending in the width direction of the vehicle and being held by the absorber;
• a tube holder comprising a part of a front end of the absorber and having a groove that opens in a frontward direction of the vehicle and holds the pressure tube therein;
• and
• a cover attached to a front end of the tube holder and comprising a body and a pressing member, the body covering a front face of the tube holder, the pressing member extending from the body in a backward direction of the vehicle and being disposed in front of the pressure tube, wherein
• an upper end of a rear face of the pressing member is disposed at a more backward position than a lower end of the rear face of the pressing member in the backward direction of the vehicle.