Patent ID: 6260914
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A dash reinforcement for use in a lower forward portion of a cab of a mobile vehicle, the cab of the vehicle having floor and a windshield area, and a centerline region of the cab that is also along a centerline of the vehicle and the vehicle having an engine compartment and a chassis, the chassis having at least one pair of steerable wheels, comprising:sheet metal extending vertically the distance from the front edge of the floor of the cab to the lower edge of the windshield and said sheet metal spanning the distance of the width of the cab;said sheet metal of said dash reinforcement arches to allow installation over the engine compartment;said sheet metal of said dash reinforcement has two large openings, a right side opening on a right side of said sheet metal and a left side opening on a left side of said sheet metal, one opening to accommodate a steering column mounting for engagement to the steerable wheels and one to accommodate an accessory component;said right side opening and said left side opening being on opposite sides of said arch over the engine compartment; andsaid right side opening being a mirror image of the left side opening.