Patent ID: 7909391

Claim:
A series ( 88 ; 100 ) of motor vehicle front-end panels, each front-end panel ( 10 ; 90 ; 102 A, 102 B, 102 C) being of the type comprising: an upper transverse cross member ( 18 ) to be fixed to body elements ( 12 ) of the vehicle; a frame ( 20 ), the frame ( 20 ) being fixed beneath the cross member ( 18 ) and comprising a lower transverse beam ( 50 ) and two side struts ( 52 ) connecting the lower beam ( 50 ) to the cross member ( 18 ), wherein the series ( 88 ; 100 ) comprises: at least a first front-end panel ( 10 ; 102 A, 102 B, 102 C) in which each strut ( 52 ) comprises a lower portion ( 54 ) which is integral with the beam ( 50 ), and an upper portion ( 56 ; 56 A, 56 B; 56 C) which is integral with the cross member ( 18 ), the upper portion ( 56 ; 56 A, 56 B; 56 C) and the lower portion ( 54 ) being mobile relative to one another between a disassembled configuration in which the upper portion ( 56 ; 56 , 56 B; 56 C) is arranged at a distance from the lower portion ( 54 ) and an assembled configuration in which the upper portion ( 56 ; 56 A, 56 B; 56 C) and the lower portion ( 54 ) are fitted together; at least a second front-end panel ( 90 ; 102 A, 102 B, 102 C) comprising a lower beam ( 50 ) and a lower portion ( 54 ) of a strut constructed identically to the lower beam ( 50 ) and the lower portion ( 54 ) respectively of a strut of the or each first front-end panel ( 10 ; 102 A, 102 B, 102 C), the or each second front-end panel ( 90 ; 102 A, 102 B, 102 C) comprising a strut ( 52 ) which is shorter than the height of the strut ( 52 ) of the or each first front-end panel.