Patent ID: 6547301
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B60H,B60N,B62D

Abstract:
A dashmat for use in a vehicle passenger compartment comprising a firewall separating the passenger compartment from an engine compartment and a floorboard extending rearwardly from the firawall, the dashmat comprising:a decoupling layer shaped to span the width of the vehicle passenger compartment, having a lower surface adapted to abut the firewall and floor board and having an upper surface adapted to face an interior of the passenger compartment, a header formed in a front portion of the decoupling layer and adapted to be connected to a supply duct from a vehicle HVAC system; and an air distribution channel with an open top formed in the upper surface of the decoupling layer and extending rearwardly from the header through a substantial portion of the decoupling layer for distribution of conditioned air from the header throughout at least a front portion of the vehicle passenger compartment.