Patent ID: 7828369

Claim:
An intermediate support element for a front fender of a motor vehicle, the support element being able to be mounted on an upper beam of a chassis of the motor vehicle, the support element comprising: a body; and at least one breakable protuberance projecting upward and to which said front fender is intended to be fixed, said protuberance and said body being molded in a single part, said protuberance comprising: at least one front wall connected to the body by a frangible zone situated at a foot of the protuberance, a rear wall connected by the frangible zone to said body, and a third wall connected by the frangible zone to said body, wherein: the third wall rigidly connects the front wall and the rear wall to each other, and the frangible zone is a thinned zone having a thickness that is less than said body and said front wall, said rear wall and said third wall of the protuberance, the frangible zone being configured to break when the support element is subjected to a substantially vertical force directed downwards and corresponding to an impact with a pedestrian.