Abstract: In the operation of work machines of the type having an extensible arm, the maximum reach of the arm for a given work machine is limited by such factors as the vehicle's weight, body size and engine placement. The present invention provides for a work machine arrangement in which a work machine has an engine cooling apparatus mounted to the work machine body such that the engine cooling apparatus's longitudinal axis is oriented substantially parallel to the arm longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A radiator core support structure comprises an upper elongate member made of metal, and a lower elongate member made of metal. Between the upper and lower elongate members, there extend mutually spaced pillar portions of integrally molded plastic. The connection between the pillar portions and each of the upper and lower elongate members is integrally carried out by injection molding.

Abstract: The part of the bodywork between the frame head pipe and the saddle is bent downwards and formed with a low-floor, step board at the bottom thereof. This bodywork is further formed with a tunnel structure forming an engine tunnel which is extended fore and aft and ridged upward around the center of the step board with respect to the left and right direction thereof, defining a step-through space. A pair of lower down tubes and a pair of upper down tubes, both on the right and left sides, are downwardly and rearwardly extended from the head pipe in front of the step-through space so as to frame a fuel tank and radiator, in the upper and lower positions, respectively. The fuel tank, which is arranged above the radiator, has a lower part, namely bulge portion, which bulges downwards over the upper edge of the radiator and toward the rear space of the radiator located below the fuel tank.

Abstract: Pre-assembled front unit for motor vehicles comprising:

Abstract: A bracket (300) is coupled to tank caps (122, 222) of header tanks (120, 220), and the bracket (300) is separably attached to a radiator (200) and a condenser (100) by means of hooks (311, 312) and holes (female screw section) (331) for fixing bolts (330). Thereby, it is unnecessary to provide fixing means in a side plate (130, 230) for fixing the bracket (300) thereto. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the size and the weight of the side plate (139, 230), and easily attach and detach the radiator (200) and the condenser (100) from a vehicle.

Abstract: An earthmoving machine wherein a driver's cab and a propulsion device for powering the machine are located on opposite sides of a central lift arm. The propulsion device is provided with a cooling device located over the propulsion device itself.

Abstract: A front end assembly (10) is provided for attaching components to a front end (16) of an automobile chassis (18) which eliminates the duplication of structure between a conventional grille opening reinforcement and grille, and incorporates several front end components into an integrated structure. The front end assembly (10) includes a stabilizer bar (12) adapted for attachment to the chassis front end (16), and a grille system (14) adapted for attachment to the chassis front end (16) and the stabilizer bar (12). Preferably, the area occupied by the stabilizer bar (12) on the chassis front end (16) is substantially less than the area occupied by the grille system (14), such that structure is not duplicated between the stabilizer bar (12) and the grille system (14). The grille system (14) has a grille (20) mounted therein, lamp canisters (22) defined on either end (24) thereof, and lamps (26, 28) mounted within the lamp canisters (22).

Abstract: The invention concerns an arrangement for a discharge system for combustion gases from a motor-driven vehicle which gives the vehicle a low IR signature. According to the invention, the gas outflow channel (28), at least in an area of the channel adjacent to the discharge aperture (32), has a boundary wall (34) which is perforated right up to the open discharge aperture (32) and surrounded by a cooling air channel (38). The arrangement is such that cooling air can sweep over the inner side as well as the outer side of the perforated wall (34).

Abstract: A heat exchanger unit (10) comprises a core (25) and manifold (22, 23) assembly (14) mounted in a rectangular sub-frame (13). The sub-frame (13) comprises a U-shaped member (20) the opposed limbs (24) of which form confronting channels receiving side portions of the assembly (14), and a cross-member (21) secured to the assembly (14) and releasably secured to the ends of the limbs (24) to complete the rectangular sub-frame (13) and retain the assembly (14) in it. The unit (10) is fitted to a vehicle with the U-shaped member (20) in an inverted position so that with the cross-member (21) disconnected from it the assembly (14) can be slid into and out of the sub-frame (13) from beneath the vehicle.

Abstract: A cooling device for an internal combustion engine is installed in a motor vehicle, especially in a passenger car. The cooling device has several radiators, which are disposed in a front section of the passenger car and connected over pipelines with the internal combustion engine. For reasons of space and to improve the effect, the cooling device in the front section, comprises a radiator, which extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and two lateral radiators, which extend obliquely to a longitudinal central plane. Through the agency of a collecting device with cooling water outlet pipelines, the radiators are connected to a common supplying pipeline, which is connected with the internal combustion engine. Moreover, downstream from the internal combustion engine, there is a returning pipeline, which is connected with a branching device, from which the cooling water-returning pipelines lead to the radiators.

Abstract: A heat-exchange module has a main exchanger and at least one secondary exchanger, each including a body with fluid-circulation tubes and with a clipping device for fixing the secondary exchanger onto the main exchanger so that the same airflow can pass through the bodies of the exchangers. The clipping device has at least one comb-shaped component including a fitting device for fitting onto a first of the exchangers, and at least one first row of teeth having between them, pair by pair, a gap of a shape corresponding to the cross section of the fluid-circulation tubes of the second of the exchangers, so as to clip the body of this second exchanger onto the comb-shaped component.

Abstract: A fastening arrangement is provided for a radiator module. In order to ensure a tight connection between corresponding openings in the vehicle body and in the module, the fastening points are constructed as elongated openings constructed in the same direction.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to vehicles and in particular, to control of the axial flow electric fan adjacent the radiator to provide bi-directional fan operation. The forward blowing speed of the fan is made variable. When the engine is below its operating temperature and the vehicle is moving, the fan is switched to blow forwards and at a speed proportional to vehicle speed so as to block cold air from entering and blasting onto a cold engine. This speeds engine warm-up to reduce emissions, improve fuel economy, speed windshield defogging for improved visibility. When the engine is above its operating temperature and the vehicle is idling or moving slowly, as in traffic. The fan then again blows forwards cooling the radiator, the engine, and the plastic and electronic components of the engine bay and rejects hot, noxious fumes from traffic vehicles in front. Looping of hot radiator air is eliminated.

Abstract: An all terrain or straddle type vehicle is provided with an air intake system having an air intake pipe with reduced length thereby avoiding unnecessary vibration which may adversely affect the fuel-to-air ratio of the engine, thereby improving engine performance. Also an inlet end of the air intake pipe is positioned so that the vehicle's capability for traversing water of a predetermined depth is improved. The height of the inlet end of the intake pipe is greater than the predetermined depth of the water to protect against water entering the air intake pipe due to encountering a water wave created in front of the vehicle that has a depth greater than the predetermined depth of the water. Additionally, openings in rear fenders of the vehicle channel intake air to both a radiator/fan assembly and the air intake system.

Abstract: A corrosion-free, weight-reduced, separation-free and rubber-adhesive vibroisolating device for absorbing vibration of radiator. The device includes: a rubber vibroisolating body inserted into and supported by a fixation jig formed on a vehicle body; a support portion integrally formed with the rubber vibroisolating body; and a plastic sheet body integrally injection-molded with the rubber vibroisolating body and provided with an inner protruder to be buried in the support portion and a support curvature for supporting an upper support bracket of the radiator.

Abstract: An engine or radiator mounting sub-system comprised generally of an engine or radiator frame cross piece that is assembled to the engine or radiator off of the assembly line of a mobile vehicle. The off-line assembly allows the engine mounts to be preloaded prior to assembly. The engine or radiator and frame cross piece module may be lowered into the chassis on an assembly line for final fastener engagement that comes through the side or top of the frame rails. In one embodiment, the frame cross piece has an end bracket on each end that allows the lowering in of the engine or radiator into exact forward and aft placement on the respective frame rails. There may be frame rail brackets that have ‘L’ shaped ends. Where these ‘L’ brackets are used, the length of the frame cross piece including the ‘L’ brackets out to the outer vertical face will closely approximate the width between the rails.

Abstract: A pollutant treating device especially adapted for motor vehicles in which a housing containing a catalyst composition for treating pollutants is positioned within the normal flow pattern of ambient air within the motor vehicle and is preferably removably placed within a support, such as a bracket assembly where the housing can be readily removed and replaced and/or reused.

Abstract: There is a structure of a front end portion of a front fender in a vehicle, in which the front fender has an outer surface portion, a vertical surface portion formed downward from an inner end of the outer surface portion and a flange formed inward from a lower end of the vertical surface portion. The structure is provided with an overhang portion formed by inward curving the outer surface portion and the vertical surface portion, and a mounting portion which is formed in a front end portion of the flange so as to be positioned immediately after the overhang portion and to which corresponding one of both end portions of a radiator core upper is mounted. And specifically, the mounting portion is at a position lower than the overhang portion.

Abstract: By providing a main flame extending from a head pipe and a radiator below a front part of the main frame in a motorcycle having the radiators arranged to the side of the vehicle, it becomes possible to arrange the radiator close to the main frame by providing an upper indentation in an upper corner of an upper tank towards the center of the vehicle. It also becomes possible to arrange the radiator close to an exhaust pipe by providing a lower indentation in a lower outer corner of the lower tank. An upper tank and a lower tank are the same molded part and can therefore be made with a single mold. Since the upper indented sections are provided, there is no interference between the main frame and the radiator. Since the lower indented sections are provided, there is no interference between the mainframe and an exhaust pipe. Furthermore, it is possible to increase the core surface area (heat radiation characteristics) of the middle of the radiator.

Abstract: The radiating section (830) of the control unit (800) is exposed to air flowing in the intake path (710) formed in the panel body (450). Due to the foregoing, it is possible to cool the control unit (800) by air (about 35° C.), the temperature of which is lower than the temperature of air (about 60° C.) which has passed through the condenser (200) and the radiator (100). Accordingly, the cooling effect (cooling capacity) can be enhanced. Therefore, the size of the radiating section (830) can be reduced, and the structure of the control unit (800) (the mounting structure of the electronic parts (810)) can be simplified. As a result, the manufacturing cost of the control unit (800) can be reduced.

Abstract: An automotive heat exchanger module comprises a radiator and condenser with conventional side manifold tanks and upper and lower, channel shaped reinforcements. Neither heat exchanger has any brackets or other provision for attachment to the vehicle by separate fasteners. Instead, a center mounted fan module has rectangular front and rear openings the upper and lower edges of which comprise integral features within which the upper and lower core reinforcements are captured and held with a simple push fit.

Abstract: Typical cooling modules for motor vehicle engines consist of a coolant radiator and a charge air cooler arranged in parallel. The coolant radiator and the charge air cooler are fixedly coupled to one another by a hinge-type connection of their feed cases. The present invention assigns a connection piece to the feed case of one of the coolers, which connects the fin/tube block on one side. The connection piece projects toward the other cooler and form-lockingly engages in a fastening opening on the feed case of the adjacent cooler. This connection piece is provided approximately in the center between two additional outer fastening points, so that a stable block is formed by the two feed cases. This is sufficient to uniformly distribute asymmetrically introduced forces to both coolers and thereby avoid overloading on one cooler.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pair of manifolds, each of which has a plurality of axially spaced oblong slots, and each of which has at least two detents formed therein. A plurality of generally flat tubes extends between the manifolds and individually through the slots for providing fluid communication between the manifolds. A plurality of radiation fins extends between adjacent flat tubes. A plurality of brackets is provided for mounting the heat exchanger. Each of the brackets comprises a first member and a second member, and each of the first member and the second member including a curved portion and a flange portion. Each curved portion extends circumferentially around a portion of manifold and captures the manifold therein. Each curved portion has at least one protrusion which extends into one of the detents in the manifold. The flange portion connected to the curved portion.

Abstract: An engine cradle adapted for receiving an engine includes a left side wall defining a C-shaped opening therein. The engine cradle also includes a right side wall, which is essentially a solid wall that provides a reflective surface for reflecting heat to the engine when contained within the engine cradle. The engine cradle also includes a front wall connected between forward portions of the left and right side walls. The engine cradle also includes a bottom panel and a rear panel connected between bottom portions of the front, left side, and right side walls.

Abstract: A heat-exchange module has a main exchanger and at least one secondary exchanger, each including a body with fluid-circulation tubes and with a clipping device for fixing the secondary exchanger onto the main exchanger so that the same airflow can pass through the bodies of the said exchangers. The clipping device has at least one comb-shaped component including a fitting device for fitting onto a first of the said exchangers, and at least one first row of teeth having between them, pair by pair, a gap of a shape corresponding to the cross section of the fluid-circulation tubes of the second of the said exchangers, so as to clip the body of this second exchanger onto the comb-shaped component.

Abstract: A radiator mounting arrangement for a work machine is described. The radiator mounting arrangement includes a work machine having a forward end, a rearward end, and a lateral sidewall interposed between the forward end and the rearward end. The radiator mounting arrangement also includes a radiator having an inner side edge. The inner side edge has an upper end and a lower end. The radiator is secured to the work machine such that (i) the inner side edge of the radiator is positioned adjacent to the lateral sidewall, (ii) the upper end of the inner side edge is positioned a distance D1 from the lateral sidewall, (iii) the lower end of the inner side edge is positioned a distance D2 from the lateral sidewall, and (iv) the distance D1 is greater than the distance D2 so that the inner side edge and the lateral sidewall define an angle a therebetween.

Abstract: To provide a cooling apparatus for a vehicle enabling protection of a cooling device by effectively utilizing a vehicle frame. The cooling apparatus, which is attached to a vehicle including a vehicle frame and a steering member provided at a front upper portion of the vehicle frame, has a heat exchanger, which performs thermal exchange with the outside air. The heat exchanger is provided within an area formed with a vertical plane passing through a front end of the vehicle frame and a horizontal plane passing through an upper end of the steering member.

Abstract: A radiator assembly for a work machine is disclosed. The radiator assembly includes an engine cowling having a mounting flange secured thereto. A radiator is secured to the mounting flange. A bulb seal is provided to create an air-tight seal between the mounting flange and a heat exchange assembly of the radiator. The radiator assembly also includes a rear shroud and a fan assembly for creating a flow of air through the radiator assembly. The radiator assembly disclosed herein reduces the frequency and magnitude of vibrations or loads exerted on the radiator during operation of the work machine. Moreover, by creating an air-tight seal between the radiator and the engine cowling, leakage of air around the heat exchange assembly of the radiator is reduced relative to radiator assemblies which have heretofore been designed thereby increasing the efficiency associated with the work machine's cooling system.

Abstract: To provide a reservoir tank for a radiator of a water-cooled saddle-type vehicle which ensures an improved degree of freedom in setting the shape and mounting position of the reservoir tank. A reservoir tank for a radiator of a saddle-type vehicle includes a water reservoir section located beneath the rear part of a seat rail, for reserving the cooling water, and a water supply section extending upwardly from the water reservoir section. The reservoir tank includes a major portion of the water reservoir section located further toward an inside the vehicle than on the seat rail, and the water supply section extends upwardly from the side of the water reservoir section toward the outside of the seat rail.

Abstract: A vehicle body front end preassembly and method of making a vehicle front end assembly is disclosed. The vehicle body front end preassembly includes a frame to which an integrated front end module formed by an injection molding process is secured. The integrated front end module extends transversely across the vehicle and is provided with a plurality of fastener receptacles that are integrally molded as part of the integrated front end module. A plurality of reinforcement ribs are integrally molded as part of the integrated front end module. Unpainted body panels are secured to some of the fastener receptacles. The frame, injection molded integrated front end module, and body panels are then hot dipped in an electro-coating bath. According to the method of the present invention, the integrated front end module is injection molded to include integrally molded fastener receptacle and integrally molded reinforcement ribs that are injection molded from a fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: The mounting device has at least two receiving blocks on a load-bearing structure, each block having two face-to-face parallel ribs, as well as at least two damping studs. Each is produced from an elastically deformable material and includes two parallel grooves able to interact, by sliding, with the two parallel ribs of a receiving block. Each damping stud also has a bearing face suitable for interacting with an item of equipment, as well as having an abutment face suitable for interacting with the receiving block.

Abstract: A radiator mounting arrangement for a work machine is described. The radiator mounting arrangement includes a work machine having a forward end, a rearward end, and a lateral sidewall interposed between the forward end and the rearward end. The radiator mounting arrangement also includes a radiator having an inner side edge. The inner side edge has an upper end and a lower end . The radiator is secured to the work machine such that (i) the inner side edge of the radiator is positioned adjacent to the lateral sidewall, (ii) the upper end of the inner side edge is positioned a distance D1 from the lateral sidewall, (iii) the lower end of the inner side edge is positioned a distance D2 from the lateral sidewall, and (iv) the distance D1 is greater than the distance D2 so that the inner side edge and the lateral sidewall define an angle &agr; therebetween.

Abstract: An assembly of two heat exchangers is readily formed or disassembled using spring clips to hold the two heat exchangers in assembled relation. The arrangement is such that the spring clips do not exert undesirable tension or compressional forces against either of the cores of the heat exchangers, but rather, exert only torsional forces at the points of connection.

Abstract: A mounting means for an automotive condenser (16) includes a pair of aligned through holes (24) at the upper ends of a pair of manifolds (20), which are pierced outboard of upper end plugs (22). The lower ends of the manifolds (20) are unmodified. The tanks (14) of a radiator (10) include a pair of mounting features (30, 32) spaced apart by substantially the end to end length of the manifolds (20). One pair of mounting features (30) fits closely within the lower ends of the manifolds (20), while the other pair (32) fits closely within the aligned through holes (24) at the upper ends.

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.

Abstract: A skid steer loader has an engine compartment that is enclosed with walls, and an engine mounted in the engine compartment. The engine has components such as an exhaust manifold and a muffler inside the engine compartment which can get quite hot under certain operating conditions. A radial fan is provided for withdrawing air from the engine compartment and discharging it to ambient conditions to reduce the temperature in the engine compartment. The fan is in a housing that has apertures that directs air under pressure against the exhaust manifold and muffler and other hot components of the engine to reduce the maximum temperature such components reach.

Abstract: An earthmoving machine wherein a driver's cab and a propulsion device for powering the machine are located on opposite sides of a central lift arm. The propulsion device is provided with a cooling device located over the propulsion device itself.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pair of manifolds, each of which has a plurality of axially spaced oblong slots, and each of which has at least two detents formed therein. A plurality of generally flat tubes extends between the manifolds and individually through the slots for providing fluid communication between the manifolds. A plurality of radiation fins extends between adjacent flat tubes. A plurality of brackets is provided for mounting the heat exchanger. Each of the brackets has a curved portion, a flange portion and a mounting portion. The curved portion extends circumferentially around a portion of the manifold. The curved portion has opposite ends and has means located midway between the ends for allowing the ends of the curved portion to move resiliently relative to each other to widen the distance between the ends. The curved portion also has at least one protrusion adjacent to each end. Each of the protrusions extends into one of the detents in the manifold.

Abstract: A radiator mounting structure is disclosed which has a front grill located in front of a radiator and provided with a projection extending toward the radiator. When a hood collides with an obstacle M and is deformed, the deformation causes the front grill to move rearward whereby the radiator is urged rearward of a vehicle body to tilt in the same direction. Thus, the hood is sufficiently deformable to thereby sufficiently alleviate an impact shock to be applied to the obstacle within a limited space.

Abstract: A double heat exchanger including a radiator and a condenser for an air conditioner is mounted on a vehicle through first and second brackets. When the radiator is detached from the vehicle, a bolt for securing a side plate of the radiator to the second bracket is removed firstly, and the radiator is inclined in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. Thereafter, the radiator is pulled upwardly to be detached from the first bracket. When the radiator is attached to the vehicle, a first extending portion of the side plate of the radiator is inserted between first and second holding portions of the first bracket. In this state, the radiator is moved to contact an inclining member of the first bracket, and is fastened to the second bracket through the bolt. Thus, the radiator is readily detached from and attached to the vehicle and requires a small mounting space.

Abstract: The invention relates to a unit comprising an accessory fixed to a heat exchanger comprising fins made of aluminum, this accessory being equipped with bearing surfaces designed to come to rest on the fins. The bearing surfaces are formed on an accessory support made of steel integral with the accessory, and an electrically insulating material is placed between the bearing surfaces and the fins of the exchanger.

Abstract: A front end assembly for a motor vehicle is provided including a U-shaped cross-car support member capable of being spot welded to a pair of cowl members and a pair of rail members. The U-shaped cross-car support member preferably comprises a hydroformed tube having a lower section disposed laterally with respect to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a pair of upwardly projecting side sections extending essentially orthogonal to the lower section, and a pair of outwardly projecting end sections extending essentially orthogonal to the upright sections so as to be nearly parallel to the lower section. A cowl bracket is connected to each of the end sections and is spot welded to each of the cowl members. Similarly, a rail bracket is connected to each of the side sections and is spot welded to each of the rails. Advantageously, the ability to spot weld the cowl and rail brackets enables the U-shaped support member to be installed within the front end assembly in a high speed automated process.

Abstract: An air handling system for the cab of a skid steer loader has an airflow housing mounted on the exterior of the cab and on a rear wall thereof. The housing is within the profile of the loader, that is, below the upper wall of the cab and within the side frame members. The housing has an air inlet above the engine compartment, and includes a heater core and an air conditioning evaporator, both of which act as heat exchangers mounted in a plenum chamber in which two fans are mounted. Ducts lead from the plenum chamber to the interior of the cab. The ducts connected to the air handling housing open through ports in the rear wall of the cab into the interior, and interior or the cab ducts carry the air from the plenum chamber to desired locations of the operator's cab for heating, air conditioning or ventilating.

Abstract: A support for a cooling device which consists of a heat exchanger and a fan shroud for a cooling fan, has a resilient body portion adapted to simultaneously engage the heat exchanger and the fan shroud. Where the cooling device further comprises a second heat exchanger, such as a condenser, the support has a further portion adapted to engage the condenser. The support allows the assembled components to be protected from vibration.

Abstract: A hand-off state determination section 73 estimates torque Th exerted on the steering handle by a driver. When the steering handle is in the hand-off state in which the torque is small, switching is effected to the side of compensator 75 having smaller gains set, so as to stabilize a steering control system.

Abstract: A front end module structure of a vehicle comprises a front end panel mounted on front side members of the vehicle, the front end panel including a metal-made upper reinforcement extending in the widthwise direction of the vehicle and having a horizontally thrown U-shaped, or closed, sectional configuration and a resin-made main body formed integrally with the upper reinforcement and so formed on the upper reinforcement that a part thereof may intrude into the sectional configuration thereof, the resin-made main body having formed therein at least a retaining portion, by which a radiator is retained, and an upper reinforcement portion fixed to front fender reinforcements of the vehicle. As a result of this, there is enhanced the rigidity of the upper reinforcement portion of the front end panel.

Abstract: The invention concerns a heat exchanger assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a main exchanger with a body mounted between two manifolds, whereto is assembled at least a secondary exchanger mounted between two manifolds such that a common air stream (F) can pass through the respective exchanger bodies. Each of the main exchanger manifolds is provided, at one end, with a projecting base forming a housing for a pin of the second exchanger, and at another end, with a projecting lug whereon can be locked a clip removably fitted on the secondary exchanger. Another secondary exchanger can be assembled in the same manner on the secondary exchanger.

Abstract: A connecting structure for connecting a radiator having a reinforcement member and a condenser having a bracket is provided. The structure includes a connecting member having a spacer portion and a holding portion integrally formed on opposite sides of a notch. The spacer portion is fittingly inserted into the reinforcement member, and a folded portion of the reinforcement member and the condenser bracket are inserted into the notch. A bolt is inserted through the reinforcement member, the spacer portion, the bracket and the holding portion and a nut is screwed onto a tip of the bolt for clamping the radiator and the condenser together.

Abstract: This cross-beam has a central part (12) forming a support for a heat exchange and two lateral parts (14) forming supports for respective headlights. Each lateral part (14) is connected to the central part (12) by releasable fastening means (22, 26 to 32). The fastening means preferably include, associated with each lateral part (14), two complementary positioning dihedra (D1) respectively on the central part (12) and on the corresponding lateral part (14), and complementary means (22, 26 to 32) for immobilizing the dihedra relative to each other cooperating with each other by relative displacement of the dihedra substantially parallel to their edge (A1).

Abstract: The invention concerns a front panel comprising a plastic frame reinforced by a top metal section extending over the whole width of the panel and provided with structure for fixing it to the vehicle structural elements. The section is a directly mounted section and force-fitted on a crosspiece of the plastic frame, both the section and the crosspiece comprising mutually fitting structure and co-operating elements for crimping the section on the crosspiece.