Renault S.a.s.

Snpe Materiaux Energetiques

Inoplast

Sotira Automotive

Yvon Tetu

Jean-Paul Nadeau

Evrard Borg

Eric Laspesa

Laurent Martin

Olivier Glaumot

Marcel Boksebeld

Bruno Macquaire

Vincent Feuillade

Rémi Poulin

Laurent René Félix Martin

Yves Tourbier

Dominique Zanolin

The invention relates to a device for controlling the opening of the hood () of the engine compartment of a vehicle, connected to the vehicle body in a hinged manner for enabling it to partially open by rotating around the rear hinge toward the front of the vehicle from a position in which the hood () is latched to the vehicle body by means of at least one hook (). This device comprises an impact detector mounted at the front of the vehicle and interacting with an actuator () for controlling the unlatching of said hook () and comprises means for guiding the opening of the hood (), these means for guiding the opening of the hood () comprising means for guiding the rear edge () of the hood () in an essentially vertical direction.

Device for controlling the opening of the engine hood of a vehicle, particularly for protecting the head of a pedestrian in the event of a collision therewith

The invention relates to a support element () which can be mounted to an upper beam of the chassis of a motor vehicle. The inventive element comprises a body () and at least one upwardly-projecting breakable protuberance (A,B) to which a front fender of the vehicle is to be fixed. The protuberance (A,B) comprises: at least one front wall () which is connected to the body () by means of a frangible area (), a rear wall which is also connected to the body () by means of the frangible area (), and a third wall () which is connected to the body () by the frangible area () and which solidly connects the front wall () and the rear wall to one another.

Intermediate front fender support element for a motor vehicle and production method thereof

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