The invention relates to a liner for the grille of a motor vehicle. The liner permits simple management of the desired clearance between a bumper shield and grille. The liner is intended to position the grille relative to the bumper shield while simultaneously supporting a top rim of the bumper shield.

A front bumper structure for a vehicle, which protects not only the vehicle and passengers in the vehicle when the vehicle collides with another vehicle or object, but also a pedestrian when the vehicle collides with a pedestrian. Since a lower reinforcing member is protruded directly from a bumper cover and at most two carrier-connected portions are formed on the bumper cover, the front bumper structure reduces its weight due to the omission of any stiffener, reduces the production costs due to the reduction in material costs, decreases the man-hours in the manufacturing of the front bumper structure, and increases the safety of the pedestrian due to the use of a horizontal reinforcing rib rigidly supporting the corner portions of the bumper cover.

A carrier mounting structure, in which knobs for connecting a lower frame of a carrier to a bumper cover are formed integrally with the lower frame so that a connection step between the knobs and the lower frame is omitted, thereby decreasing the number of steps of an overall assembly process and reducing the production cost of the carrier. The carrier mounting structure comprises a carrier provided in front of an engine compartment of a car body for fixing electric components of a car, a bumper cover located below the carrier for absorbing impact generated in external collision, and a plurality of knobs extended from a lower surface of the carrier and connected to the bumper cover, wherein the knobs are formed integrally with the carrier.

The invention discussed above provides a reinforcing element for a lower impact region of a front bumper of a motor vehicle for the protection of pedestrians in case of the impact of a lower leg section against the lower impact region of the front bumper. Here the reinforcing element adjoins the lower region of the front bumper in the direction of travel behind the lower region of the front bumper. The reinforcing element has a base plate with reinforcing ribs attached thereto. It extends substantially in a horizontal direction, approximately across the width of the front bumper. Here for the first time it is proposed that the reinforcing element with its rear end in the longitudinal direction is at least partially supported against a cross strut arranged below the engine compartment. Further, the above invention proposes for the first time a front bumper equipped therewith for a motor vehicle.

A bumper face is comprised of an upper portion and a lower portion. An opening portion is formed between the upper and lower portions. A bumper mesh is comprised of a mesh body located at the opening portion and a bumper face lower reinforcing portion that is located inside of the lower portion of the bumper face and connected to a lower end of the lower portion. The bumper mesh includes an extension portion that extends rearward from a lower end of the bumper face lower reinforcing portion and is connected to the lower portion of the shroud. Accordingly, the rearward movement of the bumper face lower reinforcing portion can be surely prevented, without increasing the number of parts, and thereby the prevention of dragging of a pedestrian can be improved.