US 12,479,369 B2
Instrument panel for a vehicle
Andrea Viviana Arregui Torres, Atizapan de Zaragoza (MX); Esteban Rojas, Nezahualcóyotl (MX); and Brent Clifford Dalton, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,120.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308432 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 7/06 (2006.01); E05B 83/30 (2014.01); E05F 5/00 (2017.01)
CPC B60R 7/06 (2013.01) [E05B 83/30 (2013.01); E05F 5/00 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/26 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/716 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/722 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/538 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An instrument panel for a vehicle, comprising:
a glovebox aperture defined by the instrument panel, wherein a perimeter of the glovebox aperture defines an actuation surface and a latch aperture protrusion such that the actuation surface and the latch aperture protrusion are unitarily formed with the instrument panel, wherein the latch aperture protrusion comprises at least one latch aperture and extends vehicle rearward along a length of at least one side of the perimeter of the glovebox aperture; and
a glovebox assembly, wherein the glovebox assembly comprises a storage compartment and a latch assembly, wherein the glovebox assembly is received within the glovebox aperture, wherein the glovebox assembly is operable between a stowed position and a deployed position relative to the glovebox aperture, wherein the latch assembly comprises at least one latch that is configured to be received within the at least one latch aperture when the glovebox assembly is in the stowed position, and wherein the storage compartment comprises a travel stop that extends outwardly from an exterior surface of a sidewall of the storage compartment, and wherein the travel stop is configured to engage with a rearward edge of the latch aperture protrusion.