Patent ID: 6582005
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
An instrument panel frame interposed between a bulkhead behind an engine compartment and an instrument panel for mounting various instruments in front of a driver and provided to extend in a widthwise direction of a vehicle, comprising:an upper frame of said instrument panel frame with a substantially Z-shaped cross-section viewed from said widthwise direction; a lower frame of said instrument panel frame with said substantially Z-shaped cross-section provided under said upper frame so as to contact upper and lower flange portions respectively for forming a space by a pair of walls; a plurality of first ribs horizontally extended from a substantially vertical wall of said lower frame and abutted to an upper inclined wall of said upper frame for forming an air duct by a simple and rigid reinforced portion without adding other components therefor; and a plurality of second ribs extended from said walls.