Instrument panel frame to be fixed to the body-in-white of a cab, cab including such an instrument panel frame and method for assembling such a cab

Instrument Panel frame, suitable for being fixed to the body-in-white of a cab of an industrial vehicle, the body-in-white including a firewall structure for defining a lower forward portion of the cab the firewall structure having at least two major openings, the instrument panel frame including at least two supporting members and a linking member each supporting member being suitable for supporting at least one subset of the industrial vehicle, wherein;

• each supporting member is attached to the linking member each supporting member has a fixing interface designed to cooperate with a respective fixing area (58, 59) of the firewall structure, the respective fixing area (58, 59) surrounding at least partly a respective one of major openings;
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• the supporting members and the linking member are arranged so that each fixing interface cooperates with a respective fixing area (58, 59), so as to enable the fixing of the instrument panel frame the firewall structure.