Apparatus for securing an instrument panel to a vehicle cross-ca

Details Apparatus for securing an instrument panel to a vehicle cross-ca Apparatus for securing an instrument panel to a vehicle cross-ca

1997-07-22

1999-09-14

Pape, Joseph D.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Dashboards

296 70, 180 90, B62D 2514

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059510870

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for securing a vehicle instrument panel to a cross-car beam. The apparatus includes a boot having a first portion for secure attachment to an underside of the instrument panel and a second portion for frictionally retaining the cross-car beam. The apparatus further includes a mounting bracket for attaching the first portion to the instrument panel and providing additional spaced apart points of attachment to the instrument panel. In one form, the second portion of the boot includes a C-shaped cross section which is resiliently deflectable. The boot is secured to the instrument panel during pre-assembly of the vehicle. The configuration of the boot facilitates blind attachment of the instrument panel to the cross-car beam, without the need for any tools, during final vehicle assembly.

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