Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Corporation

Aisin Keikinzoku Co., Ltd.

Shiho Sugimoto

Kiyoichi Kita

Jun Shobo

Junichi Takayanagi

Kazuhisa Maeda

Kazutaka Mori

Naohiro Saito

Ryoichi Hayashi

A bumper reinforcement includes a body portion joined to a vehicle body front end portion through portions of the body portion on a first direction side and a second direction side in the vehicle width direction, and a reinforcing member joined to the body portion along the body portion. The body portion includes a first standard rigidity region, a high rigidity region, and a second standard rigidity region arrayed next to each other in this order in the vehicle width direction. The high rigidity region has rigidity higher than rigidity of the first standard rigidity region and rigidity of the second standard rigidity region and is positioned in a center of the body portion in the vehicle width direction. The reinforcing member is provided so as to at least partially overlap the high rigidity region and the first standard rigidity region through a first boundary position.

Bumper reinforcement

There is provided a vehicle structure including: left and right side members; left and right impact absorbing members; and mounting members that have: first tubular portions, which are fastened to the side members and the impact absorbing members for a vehicle by first fastening members that are inserted through interiors of the first tubular portions, second tubular portions, which are fastened to the side members and the impact absorbing members for a vehicle by second fastening members that are inserted through interiors of the second tubular portions, and connecting portions, which connect the first tubular portions and the second tubular portions in the vehicle vertical direction and which include vertical wall portions that are plate-shaped and project out further toward an insertion direction side than insertion direction side end surfaces of the impact absorbing members for a vehicle and face or abut end portions of the reinforcing ribs.

Vehicle structure and method of manufacturing vehicle

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Kariya, Japan

Shiho Sugimoto