Instrument panel assembly

Details Instrument panel assembly Instrument panel assembly

1995-08-23

1996-10-15

Boehler, Anne Marie

Motor vehicles

Bodies

Footboards and pedal guards

280752, 296 70, 296194, 454127, B62D 2514

Patent

active

055645151

ABSTRACT:
An instrument panel assembly for an automotive vehicle molded of a resinous plastic material. The instrument panel assembly is a honey-comb structure including box-like cells throughout the entire construction to result in rigidifying the structure. The instrument panel assembly has an upper section consisting of two duct retainers which together form two integral air ducts, and a lower section consisting of two parts provides a housing for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HEVAC) apparatus. Air from the HEVAC apparatus is discharged into the vehicle by the ducts. The ducts are formed of one piece with the duct retainers to provide a strong, rigid structure obviating the need for a steel reinforcing substructure. The HEVAC apparatus is preloaded into the housing so that the instrument panel assembly and HEVAC apparatus can be installed in the vehicle as a unit.

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