Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Dashboards
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Gutman, H. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Dashboards
Reexamination Certificate
active
07000969
ABSTRACT:
An automobile instrument panel assembly may be used in the cockpit of an automobile. The assembly includes a cross-car structure having a plurality of recesses and protrusions along the length of the structure and a plurality of generally planar surfaces. A plurality of HVAC components are adapted to closely fit within one or more of the plurality of recesses within the structure, and at least one flatwire bus is affixed to the generally planar surfaces of the structure.
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Baker Jay DeAvis
Glovatsky Andrew Zachary
Lemecha Myron
McMillan Richard Keith
Sluis Daniel Roger Vander
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Gutman H.
Visteon Global Technologies Inc.
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