Instrument panel carrier for a motor vehicle
AssigneeKirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH
InventorsStephan Lagin, Jan Göbel
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Abstract
An instrument panel carrier for a motor vehicle comprising at least two carrier parts following the longitudinal extension of the instrument panel carrier. The two carrier parts are spaced apart from one another by their facing end sections and connected to one another by a carrier part connector. The carrier part connector is profiled in the form of a laterally opening profile in the transverse direction relative to the longitudinal extension. Part of the instrument panel carrier is a strut connected to one of the two carrier parts next to the carrier part connector, and via which strut the instrument panel carrier is supported on the chassis of the motor vehicle, when installed in a motor vehicle.
Claims15
An instrument panel carrier for a motor vehicle comprising:
- at least two carrier parts following a longitudinal extension of the instrument panel carrier, a carrier part connector, and a strut,
- wherein respective end sections of the two carrier parts, which are adjacent in the longitudinal extension of the instrument panel carrier, are spaced apart from one another and connected to one another by the carrier part connector, thereby forming a carrier part connection,
- wherein the carrier part connector is profiled, transversely relative to a longitudinal extension of the carrier part connector, as a laterally open profile,
- wherein the strut is connected to one of the two carrier parts in the longitudinal extension of the instrument panel carrier next to the carrier part connector, and, when installed in the motor vehicle, the instrument panel carrier is supported via the strut on a chassis of the motor vehicle,
- wherein the strut is arranged next to the carrier part connector such that the carrier part connector and the strut complement each other in stiffening the carrier part connection,
- wherein the strut comprises a laterally open profile, and an open side of the laterally open profile of the carrier part connector and an open side of the laterally open profile of the strut face in the same direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.