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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marco Nickel, Ruesselsheim, DE;
Martin Likar, Ruesselsheim, DE;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/26 (2006.01); B60R 19/36 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B60R 19/12 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/36 (2013.01); B60R 19/12 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B60R 2021/343 (2013.01);
Abstract
A front section for a motor vehicle includes a bumper cladding and a bumper stiffening which extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction between the bumper cladding and a supporting body part. A connecting unit including a blind nut and a threaded fastener is inserted from below into an opening of the body part to fix a rear edge region of the bumper stiffening on an underside of the body part. The blind nut has flexible legs which are reversibly splayed apart above the opening.