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US 2022/0017150 A1Published application
Motor vehicle with scalable front end assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua Jacob Clement, Shawn Michael Morgans
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a scalable front end assembly for a motor vehicle. An example front end assembly includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes a first front cross member and the second component includes a second front cross member. The first front cross member overlaps the second front cross member. A method is also disclosed.
Claims20
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a front end assembly including a first component and a second component, wherein the first component includes a first front cross member and the second component includes a second front cross member, wherein the first front cross member overlaps the second front cross member.
An assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a first hinge pillar;
- a second hinge pillar;
- a first component including a first side section connected to the first hinge pillar, a first vertical section, and a first front cross member projecting from the first vertical section;
- and
- a second component including a second side section connected to the second hinge pillar, a second vertical section, and a second front cross member projecting from the second vertical section, wherein the first front cross member overlaps the second front cross member.
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A method, comprising:
- overlapping an end section of a first cross member of a front end assembly of a motor vehicle with an end section of a second cross member of the front end assembly;
- and
- joining the first and second cross members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.