Patent ID: 7090265

Claim:
A mounting for a radiator casing ( 1 ) on a front bumper of a vehicle wherein the radiator casing is releasably attached to the bumper by a latching connection, wherein the radiator casing ( 1 ) is pivotally supported by bearings ( 7 , 9 ) formed on each side of a radiator ( 5 ) which is to be encased, and manually moveable on a swivel axis ( 13 ) disposed essentially transversely to a direction of travel, on the one hand diagonally with respect to the direction of travel ( 11 ) downwards into a stop position and after reaching the stop is pivotable in the direction of travel into a lockable basic position and on the other hand in the event of a collision is movable into and unlockable in a deflected position which can be moved back in the opposite direction to the direction of travel ( 11 ), wherein the radiator casing ( 1 ) has in an upper edge area ( 15 ) suspension eyelets ( 17 , 19 ) open at the bottom and defining the bearings ( 7 , 9 ) of oblong construction, for suspension from the mounting pins ( 21 , 23 ) that form the swivel axis ( 13 ), and wherein on a lower longitudinal edge ( 25 ) the radiator casing ( 1 ) comprises latching recesses ( 27 , 29 , 31 ) which can be latched to complementary latching tongues ( 33 , 35 , 37 ) on the bumper ( 3 ) by swiveling the radiator casing ( 1 ).