Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Jin Zhou

Andrew Zachary Glovatsky

Jay DeAvis Baker

Myron Lemecha

Richard Keith McMillan

Harvinder Singh

Daniel Roger Vander Sluis

Bharat Z Patel

Michael Allen Howey

Vijay Patel

An automobile instrument panel assembly may be used in the cockpit of an automobile. The assembly includes a cross-car structure having a plurality of recesses and protrusions along the length of the structure and a plurality of generally planar surfaces. A plurality of HVAC components are adapted to closely fit within one or more of the plurality of recesses within the structure, and at least one flatwire bus is affixed to the generally planar surfaces of the structure.

Instrument panel with integrated HVAC and electronic systems

A connector system for printed circuit boards uses extensions of the traces of the printed circuit board as connector pins by supporting the malleable traces with isolated support pillars. This eliminates the need for electrical junctions between the connector and the printed circuit board. The support pillars provide the necessary mechanical properties for the connector pins. The conductive trace may be adhered to one side of the support or may be draped over the top to cover both sides and may be plated with the material of the support to provide a uniform electrical conductivity over the surface of the formed pin.

Continuous conductor connector system for printed circuit boards

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Jin Zhou