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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, Canton, MI (US);
Rajarathinam Jayachandran, Canton, MI (US);
Erika Kristin Low, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Matt Alan Niesluchowski, Clarkston, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle headlamp assembly mounted to a front corner of a motor vehicle between a side fender panel and a front body panel has a front portion and a rear portion, a forward mount attached to a front structure of the motor vehicle, and a rearward mount attached to a rear structure of the motor vehicle situated rearward of the front structure. An anchor cable has a first end attached to the rear portion of the headlamp assembly and a second end attached to the motor vehicle proximate the rear structure, whereby the rear portion of the headlamp assembly is substantially restrained from rearward, upward, and outward movement during a low velocity impact event.