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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Jay Deavis Baker, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Myron Lemecha, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jin Zhou, Troy, MI (US);
Andrew Zachary Glovatsky, Plymouth, MI (US);
Richard Keith Mcmillan, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Roger Vander Sluis, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jay DeAvis Baker, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Myron Lemecha, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jin Zhou, Troy, MI (US);
Andrew Zachary Glovatsky, Plymouth, MI (US);
Richard Keith McMillan, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Roger Vander Sluis, Plymouth, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
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.