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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Hicham Challal, Versailles, FR;
Olivier Veuillot, Limeil Brevannes, FR;
Hicham Challal, Versailles, FR;
Olivier Veuillot, Limeil Brevannes, FR;
Other;
Abstract
An automobile including a front cross-member, an attachment element arranged at the rear of the cross-member, a bonnet that closes off an engine compartment and including one free edge, and a front bumper mounted in front of the front cross-member and including a central portion that extends as far as the bonnet and includes a tab for attaching to the attachment element. The attachment tab includes a frangible area, located to the front of the attachment area and capable of breaking, and the frangible area is arranged next to an empty space formed in the compartment, with a view to having the central portion of the bumper bend into the empty space when the frangible area breaks.