Vehicle covering part with large free surface

US6123377A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Franz Lecher · Sindelfingen, DE
• Anton Reichel · Ditzingen, DE
• Bruno Sacco · Sindelfingen, DE
• Hubert Scheper · Weil der Stadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 26, 2000
• Expiry date: May 7, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2360/774
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A covering part for mounting on a front wall of an occupant compartment of a vehicle, having an instrument panel and a center console which starts in the center on a lower instrument panel area and continues in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle occupant compartment. For providing a sufficiently large free surface for a combined accommodation of a plurality of operating elements with or without control and display elements in a cohesive operating unit and of large-surface air outlet openings, the instrument panel is constructed with a hood-shaped center part which extends in a diagonally sloped manner with respect to the center console and changes into the center console at the end side. The center part is provided with a bridge console spanning the center part at a distance from its front surface, which bridge console extends from the upper instrument panel area to the center console.