Patent ID: 7150489
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A reinforcing structure for an automotive vehicle comprising: a plurality of cross car beams arranged on a back of an instrument panel in the vehicle supported by a pair of braces erected on the vehicle floor, wherein said plurality of cross car beams include an upper cross car beam of a hollow bar having a closed section suspended between left and right front pillars and a first lower cross car beam of a hollow bar having a closed section bent in the shape of an L, a first part of said first lower cross car beam nearer to a driver's seat is in contact with said upper cross car beam, and a second part of said first lower cross car beam not in contact with said upper cross car beam defines one of said braces; a second lower cross car beam of a hollow bar having a closed section bent in the shape of an L is arranged nearer to a front passenger seat, a first part of said second lower cross car beam is in contact with said upper cross car beam, a second part of said second lower cross car beam not in contact with said upper cross car beam defines the other of said braces; and the upper cross car beam and the first lower cross car beam nearer to the driver's seat are arranged in superposed relation with each other on a first axis at a first predetermined angle to a steering shaft, while the upper cross car beam and the second lower cross car beam nearer to the front passenger seat are arranged in juxtaposition on a second axis at a second predetermined angle to the steering shaft, said second predetermined angle being different than said first predetermined angle.