Headlamp retaining bracket assembly

US9550447B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mustafa Ahmed · Canton, US
• Ian Dupret · Farmington Hills, US
• Thejaswi Prabhakar · Westland, US
• William Moore Sherwood · Royal Oak, US
• Sara E. Veyo · Canton, US
• Ray Hari Manala Rethinam · Westland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/16
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle assembly includes a front end module, an upper panel, and a fender covering the upper panel. The vehicle assembly also includes a housing, mounted to the front end module, having a first contour, and a bracket, having a second contour complementary with the first contour, attached with the housing. The bracket generally maintains a position of the headlamp assembly relative to the upper panel during a RCAR Low Speed Structural Crash Test Protocol (Issue 2.2).