Patent ID: 8985679
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An instrument panel crossmember for vehicles that have different configurations, said crossmember being intended to extend between two front pillars of a vehicle, the crossmember comprises a first portion extending opposite the vehicle driving seat, one end of said first portion being intended to connect to a front pillar of the vehicle, another end being connected to a fixing device, said fixing device being designed to support one end of a second portion having an arrangement of receiving orifices and extending facing the vehicle passenger seat and/or an end of a strut having an arrangement of receiving orifices and being designed to connect the crossmember to the floor of the vehicle, characterized in that the fixing device comprises fixing and/or centering elements designed to cooperate with both arrangements of receiving orifices, each of the second portion of the crossmember and the strut being selectively included in the vehicle depending on the configuration of the vehicle.