Front-end body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9533714-B2
Application number	US-201514731990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2015
Priority date	Dec 7, 2012
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A front-end body is provided for a front end of a motor vehicle, wherein the front-end body has a first lateral supporting element and a second lateral supporting element. The lateral supporting elements are to be attached to a reference strut, which is provided on a base body, in order to align the front-end body with the base body. A transverse strut arrangement connects the first lateral supporting element and the second lateral supporting element such that an accommodation space, which is open in the vertical direction of the front-end body for accommodating an assembly, in particular a radiator assembly is formed between the first lateral supporting element and the second lateral supporting element. A stability element is detachably attached to the transverse strut arrangement at one end and can be indirectly or directly attached to the base body at the other end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A front-end body for constructing a front end of a motor vehicle, the front-end body comprising:
a first lateral supporting element and a second lateral supporting element, which first and second lateral supporting elements are fastenable to a transverse extending reference strut provided on a base body in order to align the front-end body with the base body;
a transverse strut arrangement connecting upper areas of the first lateral supporting element and the second lateral supporting element such that a receiving space, which is open in a vertical direction of the front-end body, extends downward from the transverse strut arrangement and is configured for receiving a unit, is formed between the first lateral supporting element and the second lateral supporting element; and
a stability element fastened releasably at one end to the transverse strut arrangement and fastenable indirectly or directly at the other end to the base body.

2. The front-end body according to claim 1 , wherein:
the reference strut is intended to be fastened to the base body before the front-end body is installed, and
the stability element is fastened releasably at one end to the transverse strut arrangement and at the other end to the reference strut.

3. The front-end body according to claim 2 , wherein the stability element is configured such that the stability element has defined force transmission properties.

4. The front-end body according to claim 1 , wherein the stability element is configured such that the stability element has defined force transmission properties.

5. The front-end body according to claim 1 , wherein the reference strut has fastening portions to which struts extending in an engine compartment of the base body are fastenable.

6. The front-end body according to claim 3 , wherein the reference strut has fastening portions to which struts extending in an engine compartment of the base body are fastenable.

7. The front-end body according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first fastening element and a second fastening element which are provided for holding the unit and extend in the receiving space, wherein
the first and second fastening element are fastened to the stability element.

8. The front-end body according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a first fastening element and a second fastening element which are provided for holding the unit and extend in the receiving space, wherein
the first and second fastening element are fastened to the stability element.

9. The front-end body according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first fastening element and a second fastening element which are provided for holding the unit and extend in the receiving space, wherein
the first and second fastening elements are fastened to the lateral supporting elements.

10. The front-end body according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a first fastening element and a second fastening element which are provided for holding the unit and extend in the receiving space, wherein
the first and second fastening elements are fastened to the lateral supporting elements.

11. The front-end body according to claim 1 , wherein
the stability element is a stability strut having an M-shaped course.

12. The front-end body according to claim 2 , wherein
the stability element is a stability strut having an M-shaped course.

13. The front-end body according to claim 11 , wherein
the stability strut is fastened releasably to the transverse strut arrangement and is dimensioned such that it is intended to be fastenable in a region of suspension strut domes of the base body and to front lateral supporting members.

14. The front-end body according to claim 12 , wherein
the stability strut is fastened releasably to the transverse strut arrangement and is dimensioned such that it is intended to be fastenable in a region of suspension strut domes of the base body and to front lateral supporting members.

15. The front-end body according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a first fastening element and a second fastening element which are provided for holding the unit and extend in the receiving space, wherein
the first and second fastening element are fastened to the lateral supporting elements.

16. The front-end body according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a first fastening element and a second fastening element which are provided for holding the unit and extend in the receiving space, wherein
the first and second fastening element are fastened to the lateral supporting elements.

17. The front-end body according to claim 1 , wherein the unit is a radiator.

18. The front-end body according to claim 7 , wherein the unit is a radiator.

19. The front-end body according to claim 9 , wherein the unit is a radiator.

20. The front-end body according to claim 15 , wherein the unit is a radiator.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Riedl Wilhelm
• Koehler Uwe

Classifications

• B62D25/084 Primary

  Radiator supports · CPC title

• B62D25/085

  Front-end modules · CPC title

• B62D21/152

  Front or rear frames · CPC title