Air duct, or the like, for instrument panel for automotive vehic

Details Air duct, or the like, for instrument panel for automotive vehic Air duct, or the like, for instrument panel for automotive vehic

1985-08-12

1987-03-03

Love, John J.

Motor vehicles

Bodies

Footboards and pedal guards

98 208, 280752, 296 72, 296208, B60K 3700

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046468790

ABSTRACT:
An instrument panel for an automotive vehicle is attached to a rigid beam that extends across the vehicle body beneath the windshield. The instrument panel is a plastic injection molding. Its outer surface may be provided with cushioning material. At the underside of the panel, beneath its top portion, at least two ribs are provided, which extend across the width of the vehicle and of the instrument panel, are spaced apart and have free edges that rest against the beam inside the vehicle, so that the instrument panel, the ribs and the beam together define an air duct extending across the width of the instrument panel. A seal may be provided at the free edge of each rib for sealing it to the beam. The air duct communicates with windshield defroster nozzles, or the like in the instrument panel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3367710 (1968-02-01), Barenyi
patent: 4223754 (1980-09-01), Mizuno
patent: 4391465 (1983-07-01), Piano
patent: 4560186 (1985-12-01), Onitsuka

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