VEHICULAR METAL ABSORBER, VEHICULAR BUMPER SYSTEM, VEHICULAR BUMPER ABSORBER, AND AUTOMOBILE BUMPER SYSTEM

摘要

A vehicular metal absorber for efficiently absorbing by a short stroke the impact energy received from legs of a pedestrian at the time of a collision between a pedestrian and an automobile, reducing the residual crush, and protecting the legs of the pedestrian, that is, a long vehicular metal absorber comprising a center flange, a top web and bottom web connected to the two sides of the center flange, a top flange connected to the top web, and a bottom flange connected to the bottom web and formed overall into a hat shaped cross-section, wherein an internal angle ± 1 formed by the top web with a flange plane including the top flange and bottom flange and an internal angle ± 2 formed by the bottom web with the flange plane are respectively over 0 degree to less than 90 degrees, and in that one or both of the top web and bottom web are provided with a recessed or projecting bead substantially parallel to a front-back direction of a vehicle.