Pedestrian protection apparatus for vehicle

摘要

A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, including: a plate member (12; 112) which is disposed at a lower part of a front of the vehicle so as to extend in a frontward and backward direction of the vehicle, which includes front and rear portions, and which is fixed at the rear portion to the vehicle; and at least one reinforcing bead (20; 120) each formed integrally on the front portion of the plate member and each including a bead-extending portion (22; 122) which extends in the frontward and backward direction with a channel-like configuration that is open upward or downward and a bead-end portion (23; 123) which has a plate-like configuration and which extends integrally from a rear-side edge of the bead-extending portion for connecting the rear-side edge and the rear portion of the plate member, the apparatus being arranged to sweep a leg portion of a pedestrian that has collided with the front of the vehicle by contact of a front end of the plate member with the leg portion, thereby protecting the leg portion, wherein a connecting portion between the bead-end portion and the rear portion of the plate member is gently curved without being folded.