# US 10,369,948 B2 · Support assembly of a bumper on a front module of a motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,948 B2 - Document ID: US10369948B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/889,759 - Filed: 2014-04-12 - Published: 2016-04-14 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-07 - Assignees: Daimler AG - Applicants: Daimler AG - Inventors: Uwe Kohlmann; Anton Nelson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369948B2 ## CPC - B60R 19/50: with lights or registration plates - B60Q 1/0408: {built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body (B60Q1/0491, B60Q1/05 take precedence, integrated front ends B62D25/00)} - B60Q 1/0483: {mounted on a bracket, e.g. details concerning the mouting of the lamps on the vehicle body} - B60R 2019/1886: {Bumper fascias and fastening means therefor} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL ## Abstract A support assembly of a bumper on a front end region of a motor vehicle which has a front end beam with respective headlights supported thereon and which each have a headlight housing, and which has a bumper cladding of the bumper which is supported by at least one bumper beam, is disclosed. The bumper beam is supported via at least one respective support element on the respectively allocated headlight housing of the respectively allocated headlight. Also disclosed is a headlight having a headlight housing which includes at least one receiver on which an allocated support element of a bumper is able to be supported. A method for the production of such a support assembly is also disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A support assembly of a bumper on a front end region of a motor vehicle, comprising: a front end beam having a headlight which is supported on the front end beam and wherein the headlight has a headlight housing; a bumper cladding which is supported by a bumper beam; and integrally formed with the bumper beam, an arm-like support element which projects horizontally backwards from the bumper beam, wherein the bumper beam is supported via the arm-like support element on the headlight housing of the headlight, wherein the arm-like support element is supported on a receiver of the headlight housing which is open and/or at least partially open in a vehicle longitudinal direction at a front of the motor vehicle, wherein the receiver is a shaft and an inner dimension of the receiver is adapted to an outer dimension of the arm-like support element such that a relative movement is possible between the arm-like support element and the receiver in a vehicle transverse direction and in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and wherein the bumper beam is supported on the headlight via the arm-like support element only in a vehicle vertical direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The support assembly according to claim 1, wherein the arm-like support element is supported on a contact surface of the headlight housing which runs horizontally. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The support assembly according to claim 2, wherein the contact surface is delimited on one side by a limiting wall which is a stop for the arm-like support element in a vehicle transverse direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The support assembly according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is connected to the headlight housing at least in a vibration-attenuating manner via a flexible support tab. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The support assembly according to claim 1, wherein the arm-like support element is formed in one piece with the bumper beam. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The support assembly according to claim 1, wherein the arm-like support element has an approximately triangular cross-section. ### Claim 7 A headlight for a motor vehicle, comprising: a headlight housing; wherein the headlight housing includes a receiver and wherein an arm-like support element of a bumper beam of a bumper, which projects from the bumper beam, wherein the bumper beam supports a bumper cladding, is supportable on the receiver, wherein the receiver is a shaft which surrounds the arm-like support element in an assembly position of the headlight, wherein the shaft is tapered in an insertion direction of the arm-like support element, and wherein the bumper beam is supported on the headlight via the arm-like support element only in a vehicle vertical direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The headlight according to claim 7, wherein the receiver has a contact surface for the arm-like support element for weight-bearing support of the arm-like support element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The headlight according to claim 7, wherein an intermediate part is disposed between the receiver and the headlight housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The headlight according to claim 7, wherein the receiver is positioned between respective fastening points of the headlight housing on a front end beam of a front module of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The headlight according to claim 7, wherein the arm-like support element has an approximately triangular cross-section. ### Claim 12 A method for production of a support assembly of a bumper on a front end region of a motor vehicle which has a front end beam with a headlight supported thereon and a bumper cladding of the bumper supported by a bumper beam, comprising the steps of: positioning of the bumper in front of the front end beam with the headlight supported thereon; tipping of the bumper backwards with its upper end in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and pushing-in and fastening of an arm-like support element of the bumper into a receiver of the headlight, and wherein the arm-like support element is integrally formed with and projects horizontally backwards from the bumper beam, and wherein the bumper beam is supported on the headlight via the arm-like support element only in a vehicle vertical direction.