Holding and mounting device and method for a front/rear panel of a vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsEberhard Palmer, Thomas Ritz
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Abstract
A device is used for holding and mounting a front/rear panel to a side component of a vehicle, for purposes of reinforcing and housing vehicle aggregates in the front/rear panel of a vehicle; in order to allow a simple mounting of the front panel to a side component. The panel is provided with a mounting profile with clamping brackets that can be attached to corresponding clamping elements of a guide rail in the side component.
Claims22
A seating and mounting device for a vehicle's front or rear panel which is mountable on a side component of the vehicle using a strip-type guide rail, the device comprising an inner structural support component of the front or rear panel;
- an integrated, strip-type mounting profile on an upper edge of the front or rear panel for mounting to the side component;
- connecting brackets for a wheel housing liner on a surface of the front or rear panel;
- mounting projections for a housing for a directional signal on an inner section of the structural support component;
- a bracket for a headlight washer/wiper assembly;
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- screw mounts for cable bundles.
A device for seating and mounting one of front and rear panels of a vehicle to a side component of the vehicle using a strip-type guide rail, comprising:
- a structural support component including an integrated, strip-type mounting profile at an upper edge of the structural support component, mounting projections for a housing of a directional signal on an inner section of the structural support component, a bracket for a headlight washer/wiper assembly, and screw mounts for cable bundles.
A method for seating and mounting one of front and rear panels of a vehicle to a side component of the vehicle having a strip-type guide rail, comprising:
- mounting the panel to the side component using a structural support component including an integrated, strip-type mounting profile at an upper edge of the structural support component;
- mounting a housing of a directional signal on an inner section of the structural support component;
- mounting a headlight washer/wiper assembly on a bracket of the structural support component;
- and
- mounting cable bundles on screw mounts of the structural support component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.