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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Jean-Nicolas Guyomard, Le Mesnil Fuguet, FR;
Valeo Vision, , FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a motor vehicle assembly comprising a structural element and a headlamp for the vehicle, wherein the structural element is separate from the motor vehicle body and capable of being directly mounted thereon; the structural element and the headlamp have complementary arrangements for mounting the headlamp on the structural element while allowing the headlamp at least one degree of freedom along a specific direction; the headlamp and the car body have complementary stop arrangements defining a reference position for the headlamp along the specific direction; and elastic means are provided operating between the structural element and the headlamp for urging the headlamp along the specific direction countering the reaction force of the stop arrangements on the headlamp. The invention also concerns a method for mounting such an assembly into the car body, while defining reference position for the headlamp(s).