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US 10,173,739 B2Granted
Integrated vehicle-end structure
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsJames Bellis, P Thomas Vikstrom
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Abstract
A method for constructing an integrated end structure for a vehicle includes placing a center module for an integrated end structure for a vehicle in a fixture separate from the vehicle, attaching a side bracket to the center module in the fixture to form an assembly, the side bracket configured for holding a light unit of the vehicle, mounting the assembly onto at least a bracket in the vehicle that provides adjustability of the assembly in at least a z-direction, and, after mounting the assembly, mounting a storage compartment module onto the center module and the side bracket.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- placing a center module for an integrated end structure for a vehicle in a fixture separate from the vehicle;
- attaching a side bracket to the center module in the fixture to form an assembly, the side bracket configured for holding a light unit of the vehicle;
- mounting the assembly onto at least a bracket in the vehicle that provides adjustability of the assembly in at least a z-direction;
- and
- after mounting the assembly, mounting a storage compartment module onto the center module and the side bracket.
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