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US 6,139,082 AGranted
Cross car beam with adjustable mounting locations
AssigneeLear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
InventorsJoseph J. Davis, Jr., Timothy F. O'Brien
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Abstract
An improved cross car beam is tailored to be utilized in either right hand or left hand drive applications. The cross car beam has channels which extend for elongate distances such that components mounted to the cross car beam can be mounted in the channels at an infinite number of locations. This allows the use of a single cross car beam for both right hand and left hand drive applications.
Claims7
An assembly for being mounted within a vehicle, comprising:
- a cross beam having a front surface and a rear surface, the cross beam including a first channel defined by a pair of walls extending outwardly from the rear surface of the cross beam, and a second channel defined by a pair of walls extending outwardly from the front surface of the cross beam, the second channel being oriented in an opposite direction with respect to the first channel;
- at least one energy absorbing member including a clip member extending therefrom, the clip member being received within the first channel to mount the at least one energy absorbing member to the cross beam;
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- at least one component including a structure extending therefrom, the structure being received within the second channel to mount the at least one component to the cross beam,
- wherein the first and second channels extend along a length of the cross beam such that the at least one energy absorbing member and the at least one component can be mounted at any one of an infinite number of locations along the length of the cross beam.
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