IP Library Granted Patent US 12691840
Granted Patent B2
US 12691840 · App. 18/420,765 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Vehicle front section structure

Inventor: Shuichi Aso (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R19/023B60Q5/00B60R19/18B60R19/52B60R2019/527
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12691840
App. No.
18/420,765
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle front section structure including: a horn, the horn being provided at a vehicle front section; a bumper absorber, the bumper absorber being provided at a vehicle lower side of the horn, and the bumper absorber being capable of absorbing impact energy due to an impact load that has been input from a vehicle front side; and a grill, the grill being disposed at a vehicle lower side of the bumper absorber at a bumper cover configuring a design at a vehicle front end, and an opening portion being formed in the grill, wherein the bumper absorber is configured to include: a through-hole, the through-hole penetrating along a vehicle up-down direction, and an elastic body, the elastic body being is provided within the through-hole, and the elastic body having a hollow shape penetrating along the vehicle up-down direction.

Claims (14)

1 . A vehicle front section structure comprising:

a horn, the horn being provided at a vehicle front section;

a bumper absorber, the bumper absorber being provided at a vehicle lower side of the horn and extending in a vehicle width direction, and the bumper absorber being capable of absorbing impact energy due to an impact load that has been input from a vehicle front side; and

a grill, the grill being disposed at a vehicle lower side of the bumper absorber at a bumper cover configuring a design at a vehicle front end, and an opening portion being formed in the grill,

wherein the bumper absorber is configured to include:

a through-hole, the through-hole penetrating along a vehicle up-down direction at a position overlapping with the opening portion in the vehicle width direction, and

an elastic body, the elastic body being provided within the through-hole, and the elastic body having a hollow shape penetrating along the vehicle up-down direction.

2 . The vehicle front section structure according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic body is configured to be capable of absorbing a portion of the impact energy due to the impact load that has been input from the vehicle front side.

3 . The vehicle front section structure according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic body has a cylindrical shape.

4 . The vehicle front section structure according to claim 1 , wherein the through-hole is formed at a position overlapping with the horn in the vehicle width direction.

5 . The vehicle front section structure according to claim 1 , wherein a hollow portion of the elastic body is in communication with the opening portion.

6 . The vehicle front section structure according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic body is adhesively bonded to the bumper absorber.

7 . The vehicle front section structure according to claim 1 , wherein the through-hole has a U-shape in plan view, the U-shape opening toward the vehicle front side.

8 . The vehicle front section structure according to claim 3 , wherein the elastic body has a length in the vehicle up-down direction which is smaller than a length of the through-hole in the vehicle up-down direction, and a lower surface and an outer peripheral surface of the elastic body are in contact with an inner surface of the bumper absorber within the through-hole.