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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Andrea Viviana Arregui Torres, Atizapan de Zaragoza, MX;
Esteban Rojas, Nezahualcóyotl, MX;
Brent Clifford Dalton, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An instrument panel for a vehicle includes a glovebox aperture and a glovebox assembly. The glovebox aperture is defined by the instrument panel. A perimeter of the glovebox aperture defines an actuation surface and a latch aperture such that the actuation surface and the latch aperture are unitarily formed with the instrument panel. The glovebox assembly includes a storage compartment and a latch assembly. The glovebox assembly is received within the glovebox aperture. The glovebox assembly is operable between a stowed position and a deployed position relative to the glovebox aperture. The latch assembly includes a latch that is configured to be received within the latch aperture when the glovebox assembly is in the stowed position.