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US 3,992,070 AGranted
Lockable flip-up instrument panel
AssigneeInternational Harvester Company
InventorsRobert C. Dunn, Joseph M. Jania
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Abstract
A console type panel having instruments integral with the cover of the panel which is capable of being positioned in either a closed and locked attitude or an opened attitude by means of an external handle connected to an over-centering operating linkage.
Claims3
A lockable flip-up instrument panel apparatus for use on a tractor type vehicle comprising:
- a rectangular box-like housing having four walls, a floor panel having an aperture, and an open top;
- a lid having an inner and an outer surface that may be pivotally mounted on said rectangular housing;
- a pod securely affixed to the inside surface of said lid, said pod having a first and a second side wall member attached to the lid and a facia panel as the front surface of said pod for carrying instruments;
- a linking means composed of a first and a second link pivotally attached to the body at a first end and to the inner surface of the lid at the second end of the linking arm, having the first and second linking arms connected at a common intermediate pivot point;
- an operating handle secured to the lower mounting point of said linking means;
- a locking tab having an aperture affixed to said lower link of said linking means;
- a wiring harness bundle leading from the instruments housed in said facia panel of said pod through said aperture in said housing to said vehicle.
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A lockable flip up instrument panel apparatus for use on a tractor type vehicle comprising:
- a rectangular box-like housing having four walls and a floor panel having an aperture therein;
- a lid having an inner surface that may be pivotally mounted on said rectangular box-like housing;
- a pod securely affixed to the inner surface of said lid said pod having a first and a second side wall member and a facia panel for carrying instruments attached to said lid;
- an over centering linkage means comprising an upper and a lower link linked together at a common intermediate pivot point and a linkage means being pivotally fastened to the inner surface of said lid;
- a handle fixedly attached to the lower portion of the lower link of said linkage means said handle pivotally mounted through one wall of said rectangular box-like housing whereby said over centering linkage can be urged over center and thus support said lid in an upwardly pivoted position;
- a locking tab having an aperture affixed to said lower link of said over centering linkage means;
- a wiring harness bundle connected to the instruments being carried by the facia panel of said pod, said wiring harness bundle passing through the aperture of said rectangular box-like housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.