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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2000
Gary John Burns, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert A. Chanko, Livonia, MI (US);
Frederick Andrew Drapala, Canton, MI (US);
Timothy B. Jackson, Willis, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A cockpit system of interchangeable modules for a first vehicle having a left-hand-drive arrangement and for a second vehicle having a right-hand-drive arrangement, including a driver-side module, a passenger-side module, a center module fastenable between the driver-side module and the passenger-side module, a left-hand-drive top module, and right-hand-drive top module. Alternatively, a cockpit system of interchangeable modules for a first vehicle having a narrow cockpit width and for a second vehicle having a wide cockpit width including a driver-side module, a passenger-side module, a narrow center module, a wide center module, a narrow top module, and a wide top module.