Multi-functional support for a motor vehicle

US9381946B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FAURECIA EXTERIORS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Yann Clapie · Stammham, DE
• Stefan Meder · Stadthagen, DE
• Daniel Eichlinger · Stadthagen, DE
• Roland Wohlmuth · Stadthagen, DE
• Michael Straus · Stadthagen, DE
• Karl-Heinz Killersreiter · Stadthagen, DE
• Jacques Hoffner · Ingolstadt, DE
• Pascal Joly-Pottuz · Lenting, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49622
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A multi-functional support for a motor vehicle, wherein the multi-functional support comprises a plurality of mounts for accommodating, in a supporting manner, motor vehicle front elements, wherein the motor vehicle front elements are visible in the installed state in an outside top view of the motor vehicle, wherein the multi-functional support together with the received motor vehicle front elements can be fixed so as to be mounted in a floating manner on a body of the motor vehicle, wherein the floating mounting is designed such that, by releasing the fixing and by displacing the multi-functional support relative to the body, a joint line, which is visible in an outside top view of the motor vehicle, between the motor vehicle front elements and outer motor vehicle trim parts directly adjacent to the motor vehicle front elements can be adjusted in a predefined manner.