Vehicle with an instrument panel which is designed for a side impact

US8128148B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Steve Kober · Treuen, DE
• Marco Braun · Bukit Mertajam, MY
• Christo Gavrilov · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 23, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D21/157
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle contains a vehicle body with two A pillars and two B pillars which bound a vehicle interior, and an instrument panel which is arranged in the interior between the A pillars. The instrument panel has an instrument panel reinforcement. The instrument panel reinforcement has at least one first section and/or one second section, and the first and/or second section extends/extend in each case transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at least over part of the instrument panel, beginning in each case on the outside of the instrument panel, in order to stiffen the instrument panel against a high force acting on the outsides of the instrument panel, for example against a force which is produced by a side impact. The contour of the instrument panel, including the instrument panel reinforcement, lies at least partially at a height between the A pillars and the B pillars at least in the region of the respective outside of the instrument panel. The instrument panel reinforcement is arranged in that region of the contour of the instrument panel which projects the furthest into the vehicle interior from the direction of the B pillars.