Front end assembly of a motor vehicle comprising a front end bumper with fixing means of at least one auxiliary equipment of the motor vehicle

DRIVE May 18, 2011
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The assembly has fixation and supporting plates (20) arranged at front ends of front side sills (12, 16) of a chassis (4) of a motor vehicle (2), respectively. A wrap-around bumper (8) has a monoblock frame (22) formed of upper and lower bumpers (24, 26). Struts (28) connect the corresponding upper and lower bumpers and serve as energy absorbers. The struts are directly supported against the plates. The wrap-around bumper has an additional beam (40) integrated with the frame. The additional beam has a fixation unit that is formed by an orifice to fix an auxiliary equipment of the vehicle. The frame is made of plastic material.

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