Self-supporting carrier structure for an instrument panel in a vehicle, instrument panel comprising such a carrier structure and vehicle with such an instrument panel

US10940894B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Motherson Innovations Company Limited · GB
• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Jan Dormanns · Waldkirch, DE
• Torsten Weingärtner · Göttingen, DE
• Yann Buchet · Strasbourg, FR
• Uwe Lüsebrink · Glückstadt, DE
• Romeo Wieczorek · Eßlingen, DE
• Simone Wilsdorf · Wolfsburg, DE
• Miodrag Conic · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 8, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 9, 2021
• Expiry date: May 29, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/142
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a self-supporting carrier structure for an instrument panel in a vehicle, comprising a network of a plurality of hollow support elements and solid support elements arranged according to the results of a load path analysis, wherein the hollow support elements form at least one manifold used as an air duct comprising at least one air inlet for introducing air into the hollow support elements and at least one air outlet for guiding the air into a passenger compartment of a vehicle. Furthermore, the invention is directed to an instrument panel comprising such a carrier structure and is directed to a vehicle equipped with such an instrument panel.