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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
William Francis Weber, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Walraven, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jared Clark, Livonia, MI (US);
Daniel Cornelius Bach, Belleville, MI (US);
William Francis Weber, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Walraven, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jared Clark, Livonia, MI (US);
Daniel Cornelius Bach, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of parametric design of an instrument panel support structure for an instrument panel on a vehicle includes the step of determining an input parameter, such that the input parameter is a three dimensional coordinate defining the instrument panel support structure relative to the vehicle. The method also includes the step of generating a design of the instrument panel support structure using the input parameter and determining if the design of the instrument panel support structure meets a predetermined criteria. The method further includes the step of modifying the input parameter if the design of the instrument panel support structure does not meet the predetermined criteria.