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Instrument panel

US7651145B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

7References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jurgen Prokop · Landau, DE
Steve Kober · Treuen, DE
Marco Braun · Bukit Mertajam, MY

Key dates

Filing date	May 30, 2006
Grant date	Jan 26, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T70/5982
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A dashboard with a glove compartment cover is created according to the invention, in which the dashboard and the glove compartment cover have a surface skin and a foam layer underneath it, and one of the foam layers comprises a first recess. The dashboard furthermore comprises a locking mechanism for locking and unlocking the glove compartment cover and comprises a switch for actuating the locking mechanism. The dashboard is characterized in that the switch is arranged in the first recess of the foam layer under the surface skin.

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