Vehicle bumper structure

A vehicle bumper structure comprising:

• a bumper cover arranged at an outermost side of a vehicle and extending in a vehicle width direction;
• a bumper reinforcing member disposed spaced apart from the bumper cover toward the inside of the vehicle, the bumper reinforcing member extending in the vehicle width direction;
• a load-sensing unit, arranged on a vehicular outside surface of the bumper reinforcing member, that extends in a lengthwise direction of the bumper reinforcing member, wherein a vertical width of the load-sensing unit is smaller than a vertical width of the bumper reinforcing member;
• a bumper shock-absorbing member, arranged between the bumper cover and the bumper reinforcing member and extending in the vehicle width direction, that has a vertical width greater than the vertical width of the load-sensing unit;
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• a load transfer member, provided between a load sensing portion of the load-sensing unit and the bumper shock-absorbing member, that transfers a load input from the bumper shock-absorbing member to the load-sensing unit, wherein:
• the bumper shock-absorbing member includes a main body portion that contacts the load transfer member and an anti-toppling leg portion of a reduced thickness that extends at a side opposite an offset side of the load-sensing unit in a vehicle height direction toward the vehicular outside surface of the bumper reinforcing member and presses against the vehicular outside surface of the bumper reinforcing member to support the main body portion of the bumper shock-absorbing member when the load is input to the bumper shock-absorbing member;
• a lower end portion and/or an upper end portion of the load transfer member is disposed spaced apart from the bumper reinforcement member such that a gap is left between the load transfer member and the vehicular outside surface of the bumper reinforcement member;
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• the load transfer member has a vertical width greater than the vertical width of the load-sensing unit, smaller than the vertical width of the bumper reinforcing member, and equal to or greater than the vertical width of the main body of the bumper shock-absorbing member.