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Granted Patent B2
US 11,572,010 · App. 17/570,589 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

Vehicle headlamp mounting assembly and vehicle

Inventors: Xueyun Kang (Shanghai, CN); Xuekai Shen (Shanghai, CN); Dongting Wang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaoli Liu (Shanghai, CN); Wenjun Song (Shanghai, CN); Jun Tao (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) CO., LTD
B60Q1/0433B60Q1/0408B60Q2200/36
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Patent No.
US 11,572,010
App. No.
17/570,589
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of vehicles, and aims to provide a headlamp mounting structure which can achieve a trade-off between the “weakness” for pedestrian safety and protection and the “strength” for durability, impact resistance and modal parameters. To this end, the invention provides a vehicle headlamp mounting assembly and a vehicle. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly includes an upper mounting bracket, a middle mounting bracket, a lower mounting bracket, a fender bracket, a connecting plate, and a reinforcing bracket. A bottom end of the reinforcing bracket is connected to the lower mounting bracket via at least one blind rivet. A first mounting structure is provided near an inner end of the upper mounting bracket. The fender bracket is provided with a second mounting structure. A third mounting structure is provided near the bottom end of the middle mounting bracket. A fourth mounting structure is provided near the bottom end of the reinforcing bracket. When assembled, an upper part of a headlamp is fixed via the first mounting structure and the second mounting structure, and a lower part of the headlamp is fixed via the third mounting structure and the fourth mounting structure.

Claims (16)

1. A vehicle headlamp mounting assembly, comprising: an upper mounting bracket, a middle mounting bracket, a lower mounting bracket, a fender bracket, a connecting plate, and a reinforcing bracket, wherein

the lower mounting bracket is connected to a front longitudinal beam of a vehicle; the fender bracket is connected to a fender of the vehicle; a top end of the middle mounting bracket is connected to the upper mounting bracket, and a bottom end of the middle mounting bracket is connected to the lower mounting bracket; a rear end of the upper mounting bracket is connected to a top end of the reinforcing bracket via the fender bracket and the connecting plate in sequence; a bottom end of the reinforcing bracket is connected to the lower mounting bracket via at least one blind rivet;

the fender bracket, the connecting plate and the reinforcing bracket are all arranged on an outer side relative to the middle mounting bracket; a first mounting structure is provided near an inner end of the upper mounting bracket; the fender bracket is provided with a second mounting structure; a third mounting structure is provided near the bottom end of the middle mounting bracket; a fourth mounting structure is provided near the bottom end of the reinforcing bracket; and

when assembled, an upper part of a headlamp is fixed via the first mounting structure and the second mounting structure, and a lower part of the headlamp is fixed via the third mounting structure and the fourth mounting structure.

2. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein there are a plurality of the blind rivets, and the plurality of the blind rivets are sequentially arranged in a transverse direction on the lower mounting bracket.

3. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 2 , wherein there are two of the blind rivets, one of which connects an inner side of the bottom end of the reinforcing bracket to the lower mounting bracket, and the other of which connects an outer side of the bottom end of the reinforcing bracket to the lower mounting bracket.

4. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the upper mounting bracket is of a strip-like structure, and the upper mounting bracket extends outward gradually from front to rear.

5. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the connecting plate and the reinforcing bracket are both of a strip-like structure, a bottom end of the connecting plate is connected to the top end of the reinforcing bracket via a plurality of bolts, and a top side of the reinforcing bracket and a top side of the connecting plate are both backwardly inclined.

6. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an inner end of the upper mounting bracket is connected to a water tank crossmember of the vehicle, and an inner side of the middle mounting bracket is connected to a water tank column of the vehicle.

7. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the inner side of the middle mounting bracket is provided with a plurality of tab structures extending forward or backward; the plurality of tab structures are sequentially arranged in a height direction of the middle mounting bracket, with each tab structure connected to the water tank column via a bolt; and

when assembled, an inner side face of each tab structure is attached to an outer surface of the water tank column.

8. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the lower mounting bracket is connected to a front crash management system of the vehicle via a connecting bracket.

9. The vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first mounting structure is positioned lower than the second mounting structure, and the third mounting structure is positioned higher than the fourth mounting structure;

the first mounting structure is arranged closer to a vertical plane of symmetry of the vehicle compared with the third mounting structure, the third mounting structure is arranged closer to the vertical plane of symmetry of the vehicle compared with the second mounting structure, and the second mounting structure is arranged closer to the vertical plane of symmetry of the vehicle compared with the fourth mounting structure; and

in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the third mounting structure and the fourth mounting structure are both located between the first mounting structure and the second mounting structure.

10. A vehicle, comprising the vehicle headlamp mounting assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: KANG, XUEYUN; SHEN, XUEKAI; WANG, DONGTING; LIU, XIAOLI; SONG, WENJUN; TAO, JUN
To: NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110023797.7 · Jan 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220219597A1 · Jul 14, 2022
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