Instrument panel for a motor vehicle

US5997078A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Behr GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Beck · Sindelfingen, DE
• Herbert Damsohn · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
• Markus Flik · Boston, US
• Michael Foerster · Newtown Square, US
• Walter Wolf · Backnang, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 7, 1999
• Expiry date: May 23, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K37/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An instrument panel for a motor vehicle comprises structural parts that, with the exception of the space required for the components of an air temperature conditioning system including at least one of a heater and an air conditioner, virtually completely fill the interior of the instrument panel. The structural parts are shaped to form air duct.