Patent ID: 8408346
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle front end comprising a heat exchanger unit and a frame, which supports said heat exchanger unit and comprises: two uprights fixed, in use, to respective struts of the motor vehicle; an upper horizontal crosspiece; and two connection elements, which connect said uprights to lateral ends of said upper horizontal crosspiece and are plastically deformable so as to allow said upper horizontal crosspiece to be lowered in the event of collision with a pedestrian; wherein said upper horizontal crosspiece comprises: a rear portion, which is relatively rigid and is fixed, at the lateral ends thereof, to said connection elements; and a front portion, which is plastically deformable, covers said rear portion and supports, in use, a bumper of the motor vehicle, and wherein said frame defines a substantially rectangular opening that houses at least part of the heat exchanger unit and the front portion is fixed to the rear portion.