Radiator attachment structure
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkio Takahashi
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Abstract
A lower end of a radiator 21 is rotatably attached to a lower cross member 42 and an upper end of the radiator 21 is attached to an upper cross member 32, characterized in that a pin is erected on the upper end of the radiator, whereby a resilient supporting portion 31 is provided on the upper cross member 32 which resiliently supports the pin 26 and from which the pin 26 is disengaged when the radiator 21 is moved backward with a force equal to or greater than a certain magnitude. Thus, it is possible to construct the radiator such that no force is applied to an obstacle which is equal to or greater than a force resulting without the radiator attachment structure of the invention with no limitation being imposed to the structural design of a vehicle.
Claims8
A radiator attachment structure comprising:
- a lower support member attaching a lower end of a radiator to a lower cross member of a vehicle;
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- an upper support member attaching an upper end of said radiator to an upper cross member of said vehicle, wherein said upper support member includes
- (a) an upper pin erected on the upper end of said radiator, and
- (b) a resilient supporting portion provided on said upper cross member which resiliently supports said upper pin,
- wherein said resilient supporting portion is constructed to disengage from said upper pin when a predetermined force is applied to said radiator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.