Pedestrian protection apparatus for vehicle

A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

• a plate member which is disposed at a lower part of a front of the vehicle so as to extend in a frontward and backward direction of the vehicle, which includes a front portion and a rear portion, and which is fixed at the rear portion to the vehicle;
• and at least one reinforcing bead each formed integrally on the front portion of the plate member and each including a bead-extending portion which extends in the frontward and backward direction of the vehicle with a channel-like configuration that is open upward or downward and a bead-end portion which has a plate-like configuration and which extends integrally from a rear-side edge of the bead-extending portion for connecting the rear-side edge of the bead-extending portion and the rear portion of the plate member, the apparatus being arranged to sweep a leg portion of a pedestrian that has collided with the front of the vehicle by contact of a front end of the plate member with the leg portion of the pedestrian, thereby protecting the leg portion of the pedestrian,
• the apparatus further comprising at least one first auxiliary bead each having a width smaller than a width of each of the at least one reinforcing bead and each extending continuously in the frontward and backward direction of the vehicle over the bead-end portion of a corresponding one of the at least one reinforcing bead and a front-side end section of the rear portion of the plate member.