Patent ID: 8146986

Claim:
A dashboard support for a motor vehicle, comprising: a tubular cross member for installation between A-pillars of a vehicle body, said cross member having at least one slot oriented in a direction transversely to a longitudinal axis of the cross member, said at least one slot having a width and a circumferential length; and a holder joined to the cross member for attachment of functional vehicle components and having at least one limb received in the at least one slot, said at least one limb having a thickness which is slightly smaller than the width of the at least one slot to substantially prevent movement of the at least one limb installed in the at least one slot in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the cross member, and having a width that is less than the circumferential length of the at least one slot to allow only rotational and radial adjustment of a position of the holder in the at least one slot commensurate with specifications of the motor vehicle, before the holder is being joined to the cross member, and a material union joining the limb with the cross member after adjustment.