Patent ID: 11912343
Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A motor vehicle dashboard intended to be mounted inside a vehicle in a transverse direction thereof, the dashboard comprising:
a crossmember comprising a tube that is equipped with a flange at each of ends thereof, at least one of the flanges being joined to the tube in a removable manner,
a steering column fastening support having at least one element for fastening to the crossmember, and
a one-piece openwork structural element that is in a form of a network of material forming meshes and nodes to form a dashboard body and is produced by three-dimensional printing,
wherein the structural element defines:
a first internal passage that passes all the way through the structural element and extends transversely to the vehicle when the dashboard is mounted inside the vehicle, the first internal passage being shaped so as to receive the crossmember and having at least two elements for fastening to the crossmember, and
a second internal passage that connects the first internal passage to a face of the structural element that is directed toward the rear of the vehicle when the dashboard is mounted inside the vehicle, the second internal passage having at least one element for fastening to the steering column fastening support,
wherein the steering column fastening support is fastened to the structural element inside the second internal passage, and the crossmember is fastened to the structural element inside the first internal passage and is fastened to the steering column fastening support.