Patent Application
20150001876
The field to which the disclosure generally relates to includes a secondary dash for a vehicle.
Vehicles may be equipped with a dash in front of the passenger compartment.
A number of variations may include a product including a secondary dash including a center portion constructed and arranged to be attached to a primary dash of a vehicle.
Other illustrative variations within the scope of the invention will become apparent from the detailed description provided hereinafter. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while disclosing variations of the invention, are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Select examples of variations within the scope of the invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The following description of the variations is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the scope of the invention, its application, or uses.
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The center panel 20 may include a plurality of access openings 40 formed there through to provide access to the primary dash 12 so that the center panel 20 may be attached thereto directly or indirectly by any of a variety of methods including welding. In a number of variations the first wing panel 32 and second wing panel 38 may be made from an aluminum alloy which may be stamped. The first wing panel 32 may include a portion 42 constructed and arranged to provide structural connection to a shock tower, on a first side of the vehicle, including a through hole 44. The second wing panel 38 may be similarly constructed and may include a second portion 46 constructed and arranged to provide structural connection to a shock tower, on a first side of the vehicle, including a through hole 48 formed therein.
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The following description of variants is only illustrative of components, elements, acts, product and methods considered to be within the scope of the invention and are not in any way intended to limit such scope by what is specifically disclosed or not expressly set forth. The components, elements, acts, product and methods as described herein may be combined and rearranged other than as expressly described herein and still are considered to be within the scope of the invention.
Variation 1 may include a product comprising: a secondary dash for a vehicle, the secondary dash including a center panel having a center portion constructed and arranged to be attached to a primary dash of a vehicle and a first outwardly angled portion constructed and arranged to be displaced a distance from the primary dash and a second opposite outwardly angled portion extending from the center portion and constructed and arranged to be displaced a distance from the primary dash of a vehicle.
Variation 2 may include a product as set forth in Variation 1 wherein the secondary dash further comprises a first wing panel attached to the first outwardly angled portion and a second wing panel attached to the second outwardly angled portion.
Variation 3 may include a product as set forth in Variation 2 wherein the center panel comprises a first material, and wherein the first wing panel and the second wing panel each comprise a second material, and wherein the first material and the second material are different.
Variation 4 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 2-4 wherein the center panel comprises steel and wherein each of the first wing panel and second wing panel comprises an aluminum alloy.
Variation 5 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 1-4 wherein the center panel comprises steel.
Variation 6 may include a product as set forth in Variation 5 wherein the steel has a density of 7.86 g/cm3 or greater.
Variation 7 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 2-6 wherein the first wing panel is constructed and arranged to define a first portion for structural connection to a shock tower on a first side of the vehicle and wherein the second panel is constructed and arranged to define a structural connection to a shock tower on a second side of the vehicle.
Variation 8 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 2-7 wherein the first wing panel and second wing panel are each attached to the center panel by a plurality of self-piercing rivets.
Variation 9 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 2-9 further comprising a first adhesive layer interposed between overlapping portions of the first wing panel and the center panel, and a second adhesive layer interposed between overlapping portions of the second wing panel and the center panel.
Variation 10 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 1-9 wherein the center panel includes a plurality of access openings formed therein constructed and arranged to allow welding equipment to be inserted through each of the access openings.
Variation 11 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 1-10 further comprising a primary dash of a vehicle and wherein the secondary dash is attached to a #1 bar assembly which is attached to the primary dash.
Variation 12 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 1-10 further comprising a primary dash and wherein the center panel is welded to a 1-bar which is welded to the primary dash.
Variation 13 may include a product as set forth in Variation 12 wherein each of the primary dash and secondary dash comprise steel.
Variation 14 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 1-13 wherein the secondary dash further comprises a first wing panel attached to the first outwardly angled portion and a second wing panel attached to the second outwardly angled portion.
Variation 15 may include a product as set forth in any of
Variations 2-14 wherein each of the first wing panel and second wing panel each comprise an aluminum alloy.
Variation 16 may include a method comprising: forming a secondary dash for a vehicle comprising providing a center panel having a center portion and a first outwardly angled portion and a second opposite outwardly angled portion, attaching a first wing panel to the first outwardly angled portion, and attaching a second wing panel to the second outwardly angled portion, and attaching the secondary dash to a primary dash of the vehicle.
Variation 17 may include a method as set forth in Variation 16 further comprising attaching the secondary dash to a #1 bar assembly which is attached to the primary dash for the vehicle.
Variation 18 may include a method as set forth in Variation 17 wherein the attaching the secondary dash to a 1-bar assembly comprises welding the secondary dash to the 1-bar and then welding the 1-bar to the primary dash.
Variation 19 may include a method as set forth in Variation 17 wherein the attaching a first wing panel to the first outwardly angled portion comprises adhering the first wing panel to the first outwardly angled portion by interposing an adhesive layer there between.
Variation 20 may include a method as set forth in Variation 17 wherein the attaching a first wing panel to the first outwardly angled portion comprises inserting a plurality of self-piercing rivets through or into the a first wing panel and the first outwardly angled portion.
The above description of select variations within the scope of the invention is merely illustrative in nature and, thus, variations or variants thereof are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention.
