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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2002
Jacques Hoffner, Ingolstadt, DE;
Jean-Philippe Blondeau, Pontarlier, FR;
Faurecia Industries, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Front unit assembly of an automotive vehicle, includes a front face ( ) having a central section ( ) and two lateral sections ( ), a bumper ( ), a bumper skin ( ), two laterally extending brackets ( ) and two optical units ( ). Each optical unit ( ) and the respective front wing section ( ) are fixed rigidly to the corresponding bracket ( ) at a same reference point of attachment ( ), the bracket ( ) being endowed with an elasticity substantially greater than that of the front face ( ), so that it is prone to elastic deformation as a function of relative adjustment movements of the bumper skin ( ), the wing ( ) and/or the optical unit ( ).