Patent ID: 8002072

Claim:
A frontal structure for a motor vehicle, comprising: a radiator; a bumper girder; a support structure, fastened to the radiator and on which the bumper girder is mounted in front of the radiator in such a manner that it yields backward toward the radiator in case of an impact; a frame fastening the radiator to the support structure; a plurality of connection elements retaining the radiator and anchored to the support structure which detach if a maximum force is exceeded, wherein the frame is adapted to the form of the bumper girder and the radiator to come into contact with the bumper girder earlier than the radiator in case of yielding backward of the bumper girder, wherein the plurality of connection elements anchoring the frame to the support structure comprise a plurality of lower connection elements and a plurality of upper connection elements, and in case of detachment of one of the plurality of lower connection elements and upper connections, the other one of the plurality of lower connection elements and upper connection elements defines an axis around which the radiator is pivotable; and wherein a heat transfer line extends adjacent to the axis between the radiator and the support structure.