Patent ID: 8449013
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: B60H,B60K,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automotive vehicle including a passenger compartment having opposed side walls and housing an instrument panel, said instrument panel comprised of: a beam disposed at a forward end of said compartment and extending across a width of said compartment the beam including opposed ends mounted to each of said opposed side walls; a driver's side module secured to said beam; a passenger's side module secured to said beam; a defrost module adjacent at least one of said driver's side module and said passenger side module and positioned to provide forced air flow over a windshield of the vehicle; a driver's side vent module disposed between said driver's side module and a sidewall of said compartment; and, a passenger side vent module disposed between said passenger side module and an opposing sidewall of said compartment.