Abstract: A vehicle assembly, comprising a vehicle grille and one or more body structure components, such as fenders. The vehicle grille is displaceable relative to the body structure components, wherein in a first position of the grille, the grille provides support to at least a part of the one or more body structure components and wherein in a second position, said support is reduced. A vehicle grille and a vehicle bonnet are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 5, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2016
Assignee:
ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA LIMITED
Inventors:
Yan Pugh-Jones, Andrew Syvret, Matthew Parkes
Abstract: A crash load absorption structure for a motor vehicle. The structure includes a compressible load absorbing structure. The compressible load absorbing structure includes a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion and the rear portion are arranged to compress under a crash load along a generally longitudinal direction. The compressible load absorbing structure also includes a structural joint located within the compressible load absorbing structure, the joint is between at least two structural members. A load transfer element is configured to promote breaking of the structural joint during a vehicle crash.
Abstract: A window assembly (118) comprises: a window regulator (144) for driving a main window (124) up and down, a connection system (196) with a latch (198), a division bar (122), and quarter-light window (206) which may be driven down by the regulator (144) to a controlled index position at which the latch (198) disengages such that the quarter-light may be left in a slightly lowered index position while the main window may be further lowered, the latch reengaging once the main window is raised again, the raising and lowering of the quarter-light window (120) enabling the quarter-light to securely engage with a seal (246) positioned between its top edge (204) and an A-pillar (106) of the vehicle (100) and also allowing a door to which the assembly to be opened and closed without interference between the quarter-light and the seal (246).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 20, 2010
Date of Patent:
May 20, 2014
Assignee:
Aston Martin Lagonda Limited
Inventors:
Andrew John Syvret, Adrian Charles Morgan Jenkins, William Manuel Walsh