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AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsPhilippe Arroupe, Laurent Baudart, Tetsujl Kurokawa
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The motor vehicle structural element (3) comprises a cross-member (4) and, at at least one end (5) of the cross-member, a first nut (10) presenting a tapped bore (14) for receiving a screw (11) for fastening the cross-member to an upright (2) of the vehicle, the axis of the tapped bore being substantially parallel to the director line (L) of the cross-member. The element further comprises a first cage (20) for preventing the nut (10) from turning about the axis of its tapped bore, the first cage (20) being mounted at said end (5) of the cross-member, and the nut (10) being capable of moving in the first cage in translation substantially perpendicularly to the axis of its tapped bore.
1-11. (canceled)
A motor vehicle structural element of the type comprising a cross-member and, at at least one end of the cross-member, a first nut presenting a tapped bore for receiving a screw for fastening the cross-member to an upright of the vehicle, an axis of the bore being substantially parallel to a director line of the cross-member, the element comprising a first cage for preventing the nut from turning about the axis of its tapped bore, the first cage being mounted at said end of the cross-member, and the nut being free to move in the first cage in translation substantially perpendicularly to the axis of its bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.