# US 8,740,268 B2 · Bumper structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,740,268 B2 - Document ID: US8740268B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/839,207 - Filed: 2013-03-15 - Published: 2013-10-03 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2012-03-29 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd - Inventors: Yoshiaki Ebara; Kosuke Katsumata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740268B2 ## CPC - B60R 19/26: comprising yieldable mounting means ({B60R19/38 takes precedence;} springs, shock absorbers, or means for damping vibrations per se F16F) - B60R 19/18: {characterised by the cross-section;} Means within the bumper to absorb impact - B60R 2019/1873: {Cellular materials} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A bumper structure includes a bumper beam that extends in a vehicle width direction and a bumper absorber that is provided along a front surface of the bumper beam and that has an opening in a top center portion of the bumper absorber in the vehicle width direction. The bumper beam includes a center portion that extends parallel to the vehicle width direction and a pair of oblique portions that obliquely extend backward and outward in the vehicle width direction from respective ends of the center portion. The bumper absorber includes a pair of load receiving portions outside the opening in the vehicle width direction, and the load receiving portions are arranged at positions corresponding to a pair of bent portions that are formed at boundaries between the center portion and the respective oblique portions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bumper structure comprising: a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction and supported by right and left frames of a vehicle body; and a bumper absorber provided along a front surface of the bumper beam, the bumper absorber including an opening in the vicinity of a center thereof in the vehicle width direction, wherein the bumper beam includes a center portion extending parallel to the vehicle width direction and a pair of oblique portions obliquely extending backward of the vehicle body and outward in the vehicle width direction from respective ends of the center portion such that the bumper beam includes a pair of bent portions formed at boundaries between the center portion and the respective oblique portions, wherein the bumper absorber includes a pair of load receiving portions outside the opening in the vehicle width direction, wherein the load receiving portions are arranged at positions corresponding to the respective bent portions, wherein the bumper beam includes a hollow portion extending in the vehicle width direction and a partition wall extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body to partition the hollow portion into an user portion and a lower portion, and wherein a lower end of the opening is located at a position corresponding to the partition wall in an up-down direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bumper structure according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle body includes a bumper grill disposed in front of the bumper absorber to guide an outside air to flow into a power unit accommodating chamber of the vehicle body, and wherein side edges of the opening are located at respective intersection points of a bottom edge of the bumper grill and a top edge of the bumper beam when viewed from the front of the vehicle body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The bumper structure according to claim 1, wherein the bumper absorber is made of a foamed resin including an expansion ratio in the load receiving portions different from other portions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bumper structure according to claim 1, wherein the bumper absorber includes a recess extending in the vehicle width direction and located in the vicinity of a center of the bumper absorber in an up-down direction of the vehicle body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The bumper structure according to claim 4, wherein the recess is recessed toward a rearward direction of the vehicle body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The bumper structure according to claim 1, wherein the opening includes a recess recessed toward a downward direction of the vehicle body. ### Claim 7 A bumper structure comprising: a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction and supported by right and left frames of a vehicle body; and a bumper absorber provided along a front surface of the bumper beam, the bumper absorber including an opening in the vicinity of a center thereof in the vehicle width direction, wherein the bumper beam includes a center portion extending parallel to the vehicle width direction and a pair of oblique portions obliquely extending backward of the vehicle body and outward in the vehicle width direction from respective ends of the center portion such that the bumper beam includes a pair of bent portions formed at boundaries between the center portion and the respective oblique portions, wherein the bumper absorber includes a pair of load receiving portions outside the opening in the vehicle width direction, wherein the load receiving portions are arranged at positions corresponding to the respective bent portions, and wherein the bumper absorber is made of a foamed resin including an expansion ratio in the load receiving portions different from other portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The bumper structure according to claim 7, wherein the vehicle body includes a bumper grill disposed in front of the bumper absorber to guide an outside air to flow into a power unit accommodating chamber of the vehicle body, and wherein side edges of the opening are located at respective intersection points of a bottom edge of the bumper grill and a top edge of the bumper beam when viewed from the front of the vehicle body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The bumper structure according to claim 7, wherein the bumper absorber includes a recess extending in the vehicle width direction and located in the vicinity of a center of the bumper absorber in an up-down direction of the vehicle body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The bumper structure according to claim 9, wherein the recess is recessed toward a rearward direction of the vehicle body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The bumper structure according to claim 7, wherein the opening includes a recess recessed toward a downward direction of the vehicle body.