Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Dashboards
Patent
1997-12-19
1999-08-10
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Dashboards
29620302, 280752, 280779, B62D 2514
Patent
active
059347333
ABSTRACT:
An instrument panel structure for use in an vehicle having opposing side pillars, so called "A Pillars". The structure includes an extruded cross car beam having a plurality of radially spaced grooves transversely extending along the length. End caps having a receiving cavity adapted to receive the cross car beam suitably mounted to each of the pillars and the cross car beam is installed within each of the end caps. A plurality of extruded component brackets adapted to slidably engage within the cross car beam are positioned therein along the beam. The component brackets are fixed positionally along the beam by a plurality of fasteners, adhesive joining, or welding. Advantageously the instrument panel structure provides a flexible and efficient method of installing interior components within a right hand drive or left hand drive vehicle with the same structural elements.
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Photographs of a Mercedes A class vehicle--3 pages.
General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
Pedder Dennis H.
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