Patent ID: 6652131
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A motor vehicle having a supporting structure for supporting the vehicle including a plurality of frame members, said motor vehicle also having a lamp unit arrangement on the outwardly facing end of the supporting structure of the vehicle, the lamp unit arrangement including a lamp housing designed as a single energy-absorbing deformation element which surrounds the circumference of an associated reflector and said lamp housing is supported on a first surface of the supporting structure whereby said deformation element collapses, with a reduction in length, when subjected to excessive impact stress, and wherein said reflector, a transparent lens and said lamp housing are together formed as a constructional unit, wherein said first surface of the supporting structure is arranged in a substantially vertical vehicle transverse plane and runs approximately parallel to a rear end side of the lamp housing, wherein the lamp housing is inserted, by its region facing the first surface of the supporting structure, into guides which are arranged on the first surface.