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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshio Matsuno, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280748 ; 180 90 ; 280751 ; 280752 ; 296194 ;
Abstract
A vehicle body construction comprises a dash panel defining a passenger compartment, a car heater core having a casing which is securely connected to the dash panel and located within the passenger compartment, side panels formed connected to the dash panel, and an elongate knee restraining or protection member securely connected to at least one of the side panels and to the car heater core casing, and so positioned as to be strikable with the knees of a vehicle occupant during a vehicle collision, thereby rendering unnecessary various support members for supporting the knee restraining member onto the dash panel.