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EP0108522A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Instrument panel for a motor car

Assignee: OFFERTA DI LICENZA AL PUBBLICO
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Filing: 1983-10-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-10-12
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Abstract

Abstract An instrument panel for a motor car is assembled with its instruments, its own harness 22 and a heater unit 44, 46 before the panel is mounted in the car. Production of the instrument panel as a sub-assembly in this way makes the final assembly into the car very much easier and also allows the function of all the instruments to be checked before the sub-assembly enters the car. The heater unit may be split into two parts 44 and 46 with the lower part containing all the mechanical components of the heater and being accessable for easy service. The electrical connections between the wiring harness of the instrument panel and the wiring harness in the rest of the car can be made through a single connector plug 34.

Inventors

  • 👤 John Albert George Percy

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 19:44
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K37/00; B60H; B60H1/00; B60H1/00507; B60H1/00514; B60H1/0055; B60H1/00557; B60H1/00564; B60H1/24; B60H1/241; B60H1/242; B60K35/00; B60K35/50

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 73 words
An instrument panel for a motor car, the panel being separate from a car and comprising a panel section, instruments mounted on the panel section and a wiring harness connecting the instruments to electrical connectors mounted on the panel section, characterised by a heater unit (46) mounted on the back of the panel section (10) with air ducts (54) connected between the heater unit and air vents (12) on the panel section (10).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 73 words
An instrument panel for a motor car, the panel being separate from a car and comprising a panel section, instruments mounted on the panel section and a wiring harness connecting the instruments to electrical connectors mounted on the panel section, characterised by a heater unit (46) mounted on the back of the panel section (10) with air ducts (54) connected between the heater unit and air vents (12) on the panel section (10).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 39 words
An instrument panel as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the connectors for the wiring harness are combined in a single plug (34) or socket unit adapted to mate with a. single socket or plug in the car.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 16 words
An instrument panel as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2, including an electrically driven speedometer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 42 words
An instrument panel as claimed in any preceding claim, characterised in that the heater unit is divided into two parts along a generally horizontal separation plane, the lower part containing all the mechanical components and the upper part containing air deflection surfaces.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
An instrument panel as claimed in Claim 4, wherein the upper part of the heater unit is divided along a generally vertical plane into two parts (46, 48).
Claim 7
Independent Claim 47 words
A method of assembling in a motor car an instrument panel as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein a wiring harness, all the instruments, and a heater unit are assembled to a panel section to form a sub-assembly, and the sub-assembly is mounted in the motor car.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 26 words
A method as claimed in Claim 6, including the step of checking the functions of the instruments before the sub-assembly is mounted in the motor car.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

GB1589644A Cited
US4223754A Cited
DE3023905A1 Cited
EP0059424A2 Cited

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