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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, Rajarathinam Jayachandran, Erika Kristin Low, Matt Alan Niesluchowski
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A motor vehicle headlamp assembly mounted to a front corner of a motor vehicle between a side fender panel and a front body panel has a front portion and a rear portion, a forward mount attached to a front structure of the motor vehicle, and a rearward mount attached to a rear structure of the motor vehicle situated rearward of the front structure. An anchor cable has a first end attached to the rear portion of the headlamp assembly and a second end attached to the motor vehicle proximate the rear structure, whereby the rear portion of the headlamp assembly is substantially restrained from rearward, upward, and outward movement during a low velocity impact event.
A motor vehicle headlamp assembly mounted to a front corner of a motor vehicle between a side fender panel and a front body panel, the headlamp assembly having a front portion and a rear portion, the headlamp assembly further comprising:
A headlamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a forward mount attached to a front structure of the motor vehicle, a rearward mount attached to a rear structure of the motor vehicle situated rearward of the front structure, and an anchor cable having a first end attached to the headlamp assembly and a second end attached to the motor vehicle proximate the rear structure, whereby the rearward mount of the headlamp assembly is substantially restrained from rearward, upward, and outward movement during an offset frontal impact event.
A method for substantially restraining motion of a headlamp assembly for a motor vehicle, the headlamp assembly having a front portion and rear portion substantially restrained from rearward, upward, and outward movement during a low velocity impact event, the method comprising the steps of:
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