Molded cross car support structure

Details Molded cross car support structure Molded cross car support structure

1996-06-25

1998-06-09

Pike, Andrew C.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

296208, 296901, 180 90, 454127, 454152, B62D 2514, B60H 128

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057623953

ABSTRACT:
A cross car support structure of an instrument panel assembly is provided for attachment to the vehicle side structure. The cross car support structure includes a one-piece, integrally molded beam preferably made entirely of plastic, the plastic beam having first and second opposing ends connected to the vehicle side structure. In addition, the beam includes a plurality of laterally extending, upwardly opening, U-shaped duct channels having upwardly facing edges. The cross car support further includes an instrument panel cover including a substrate layer having a bottom surface. The bottom surface of the substrate layer of the instrument panel cover is continuously secured to the upwardly facing edges of the beam so that the continuously secured instrument panel cover interconnects the upwardly facing edges and stiffens the beam such that the beam and the continuously secured instrument panel cover cooperatively provide the entire cross car support structure for the instrument panel assembly.

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