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Renault S.a.s.

Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Compagnie Plastic Omnium

Marc Durbize

Hugues Cheron

Laurent Decker

Bruno Ghiringhelli

Alain Liadouze

A motor vehicle front end includes at least one upper crossmember ( ) capable of supporting the hinges or the catch for the vehicle bonnet, a support piece ( ) at each end of the crossmember capable of supporting at least one lighting unit ( ) of the vehicle, a lower crossmember ( ) extending from one support piece to the other and belonging to a vehicle energy-absorption system, and a cavity located between the two crossmembers and the two support pieces, leaving space for a radiator ( ) supported by structure external to the functional front end. The upper crossmember is a hybrid crossmember consisting of a metal alloy section piece reinforced with plastic ribs.

Motor vehicle functional front end, without radiator

Motor vehicle functional front end comprising at least one upper crossmember ( ) and, at each end of the upper crossmember, a support piece ( ) capable of supporting at least one lighting unit of the vehicle, characterized in that the connection between the upper crossmember and each support piece is provided by one nesting into the other, combined with a possibility of adjustment in a roughly horizontal direction perpendicular to the axis of the vehicle.

Attachment of front quadrant to crossmember

Motor vehicle functional front end referenced to the wing of a vehicle

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Jouars-Pont-de-Chartrain, France

Marc Durbize