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US 12,005,961 B2Granted
Rear fascia mounting bracket
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRebecca Scala, Santiago Muleiro, Luis Becerril, Victor Hugo Colin Colin
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a single bracket that has a first portion that attaches a rear fascia to a vehicle body-side sheet metal and a second portion that attaches the rear fascia to a rear panel sheet metal that extends underneath a tail lamp to support the tail lamp.
Claims16
An apparatus, comprising:
- a single bracket including a first portion configured to attach a rear fascia to a vehicle body-side sheet metal and a second portion configured to attach the rear fascia to a rear panel sheet metal that extends underneath a tail lamp, and wherein the single bracket includes a flexible portion with opposing end portions that connect the first and second portions together, and wherein the flexible portion extends in a lateral direction by the tail lamp along a rear of a vehicle, and wherein the flexible portion comprises a first member and a second member that are connected to each other via a shoulder, and wherein the first and second members are offset from each other.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a single bracket including a first portion configured to attach a rear fascia to a vehicle body-side sheet metal and a second portion configured to attach the rear fascia to a rear panel sheet metal that extends underneath a tail lamp, and wherein the single bracket includes a flexible portion that connects the first and second portions together, and wherein the flexible portion extends in a lateral direction by the tail lamp along a rear of a vehicle, and wherein the flexible portion comprises a first member associated with the first portion of the single bracket and a second member associated with the second portion of the single bracket, and wherein the first and second members are offset from each other.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a single bracket including a first portion configured to attach a rear fascia to a vehicle body-side sheet metal and a second portion configured to attach the rear fascia to a rear panel sheet metal that extends underneath a tail lamp, and wherein the single bracket includes a flexible portion that connects the first and second portions together, and wherein the flexible portion extends in a lateral direction by the tail lamp along a rear of a vehicle, and wherein the single bracket includes a transition bracket portion that extends along a side of the vehicle from the first portion and transitions into the flexible portion.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a rear fascia assembly;
- at least one tail lamp associated with the rear fascia assembly;
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- a single bracket that includes
- a first portion that attaches the rear fascia assembly to a vehicle body-side sheet metal,
- a second portion that attaches the rear fascia assembly to a rear panel sheet metal to support the at least one tail lamp, and
- a flexible portion that connects the first and second portions together, and wherein the flexible portion extends in a lateral width direction underneath a tail lamp location for the at least one tail lamp along a rear of a vehicle, and wherein the single bracket includes a transition bracket portion that extends along a side of the vehicle from the first portion and transitions into the flexible portion.
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A method comprising:
- attaching a rear fascia to a vehicle body-side sheet metal with a first portion of a single bracket;
- attaching the rear fascia to a rear panel sheet metal with a second portion of the single bracket, wherein the rear panel sheet metal extends underneath a tail lamp to support the tail lamp;
- and
- connecting the first and second portions together with a flexible portion of the single bracket, wherein the flexible portion extends in a lateral direction underneath a tail lamp location of the tail lamp along a rear of a vehicle, and including forming the flexible portion to have a first member and a second member that is offset from the first member and is connected to the first member via a shoulder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.