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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:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Josh Kelman, Dover, NH (US);
Lee E Gridley, Ossipee, NH (US);
Assignee:
Davidson Textron Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 70 ; 296192 ; 180 90 ;
Abstract
An instrument panel assembly includes an instrument panel carrier, a top panel and a front of dash panel of one-piece molded plastic construction. The top panel includes an upper housing part and the front of dash panel includes a lower housing part that cooperatively form a housing for components of a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system when the top and front close-out panels are attached to the instrument panel carrier. Each panel also cooperates with the instrument panel to form an air distribution duct for the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system that communicates with the housing formed by the two panels.