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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Gerald Andre, Amberieu en Bugey, FR;
Hugues Cheron, Meximieux, FR;
Inventors:
Gerald Andre, Amberieu en Bugey, FR;
Hugues Cheron, Meximieux, FR;
Assignee:
Compagnie Plastic Omnium, Lyons, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connection between a side rail and a structural part at the front of a motor vehicle, the structural part having a top edge situated in the vicinity of a zone of the bodywork that might receive an impact from the head or the hip of a pedestrian, wherein the connection comprises force-opposing means enabling the side rail to oppose the vertical forces to which the part is subjected, and wherein said means are collapsible.