Motor vehicle with water box cover
View Patent ↗A motor vehicle includes a front hood, a front window supported on a lower edge by a window support, and a water box below a gap between the front window and the front hood. A water box cover is fastened to the window support.
1. A motor vehicle comprising:
a front hood;
a front window supported on a lower edge by a window support, the window support including a flange connected via an upper rear edge to a load-bearing body element;
a gap defined between the front window and the front hood;
a water box positioned below the gap between the front window and the front hood; and
a water box cover fastened to a front lower edge of the flange of the window support, the water box cover including a clamping element coupled to the front lower edge of the flange,
wherein the clamping element is separate from the water box cover and the water box cover and the clamping element each have a plug contour that is complementary to the other.
2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping element engages in a gap between an inside of the front window and the flange.
3. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front lower edge of the flange extends beyond the lower edge of the front window.
4. The motor vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the front lower edge of the flange includes an edge zone.
5. The motor vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein a clamping element is fitted onto the edge zone.
6. The motor vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the edge zone includes a plurality of straps.
7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of clamping elements are distributed along the front lower edge of the flange.
8. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping element continuously extends over a predominant part of the lower edge of the front window.
9. The motor vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the clamping element is an extruded profile.
10. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the front lower edge of the flange comprises a notch configured for a positively-connected application of the clamping element.
11. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the plug contour of the clamping element is configured for a plug-in movement of the water box cover in a direction of a surface normal of the front window.