Patent ID: 8312630
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mounting method for mounting on a motor vehicle at least one underbody element and a technical front end that is configured to be mounted at one end of a front structural element of the motor vehicle including side rails, the method comprising: positioning the technical front end supporting a cooling module and the at least one underbody element on a mounting platform located below the motor vehicle, the at least one underbody element being a lower cross member configured to be fixed under the front structural element at a front end of the side rails; pivoting the technical front end about a transverse axis of the motor vehicle from a position in which the technical front end runs substantially transversely into a position in which the technical front end is tilted forward; moving the at least one underbody element and the technical front end in the tilted position vertically upward towards the motor vehicle at a same time; keeping the technical front end in the tilted position; angling the technical front end back from its tilted position into an upright position in which the technical front end faces the front structural element of the motor vehicle; and fixing the technical front end to the side rails.