Patent attributes
Presented herein are bull bar mounting assemblies, methods for making and methods for using such mounting assemblies, and vehicles with mounting assemblies affixing bull bars to the vehicle chassis. A bull bar mounting assembly includes an elongated chassis rail with a first longitudinal end attached to the vehicle chassis, and a second longitudinal end with a mounting plate for attaching to the bull bar device. An L-shaped flexible mounting bracket has a coupling base attached to the chassis rail adjacent to and spaced from the mounting plate, and a coupling flange projecting from the coupling base for attaching to the bull bar device and mounting plate. The flexible mounting bracket may expand from an undeformed state, where at the coupling flange is spaced from and unattached to the mounting plate, to a deformed state, whereat the coupling flange abuts and attaches to the mounting plate and bull bar device.
