An embodiment vehicle load distribution system includes a dash crossmember, a pair of front side members extending from the dash crossmember toward a front of a vehicle, and a pair of rear lower members extending from the dash crossmember toward a rear of the vehicle, wherein a front end of each rear lower member is aligned with a rear end of a corresponding front side member.

A vehicle crossmember extends in a longitudinal direction and includes a first portion having a first portion tube made of metal, and a second portion having a body made of plastic. A coupling end of the second portion has a second portion tube made of metal, overmolded by the body, and the first portion tube is welded to the second portion tube.

An instrument panel support 1 is used for installation between the two A-pillars 2, 2.1 of a motor vehicle. The instrument panel support 1 comprises a cross-member 3 which extends between the A pillars 2, 2.1 and which has at least one connecting element 4, 4.1 on each of its two ends for connecting the instrument panel support 1 to the vehicle by means of screw fasteners 10. The connecting members 4, 4.1 have a U-shaped main body 6 connected to the cross member 3, its longitudinal axis aligned in the z-direction, with at least one support insert extending between the two wings 7, 7.1 and penetrated by a fastener 10, for connecting the instrument panel support 1 on the vehicle side. The opening side of the main body 6 points in the transverse direction to the longitudinal extent of the cross-member 3. The support insert and the wing 8 of the main body 6 have fastening apertures aligned with one another at least in regions for the purpose of passing through the shank of a fastener 10.

A dashboard carrier 1 for a motor vehicle with a first hollow carrier profile 3 and with a second hollow carrier profile 3.1, said two hollow carrier profiles 3, 3.1 being aligned in the longitudinal extension of the dashboard carrier 1, being arranged at a distance from one another, and being connected to one another by a carrier connector 5 spanning the distance between the two hollow carrier profiles 3, 3.1, wherein the two hollow carrier profiles 3, 3.1 are connected to one another, by means of the carrier connector 5, eccentrically and asymmetrically in relation to the longitudinal axis of the hollow carrier profiles 3, 3.1 to be connected, the carrier connector 5 has, on each end side, an attachment portion 6, 6.1 and a carrier portion 7 connecting the attachment portions 6, 6.1 and is connected, with one of its two attachment portions 6, 6.1, to a respective circumferential portion of the lateral surface of the two hollow carrier profiles 3, 3.1, and the carrier portion 7 is arranged radially on or outside an imaginary lateral surface connecting the lateral surfaces of the two hollow carrier profiles 3, 3.1 and thus the space located between the mutual-facing ends of the hollow carrier profiles 3, 3.1 can be used as an installation space 13 for an assembly or a component of the vehicle.

An instrument panel includes an instrument panel body fixed to a vehicle body, and a cover that covers a space of the instrument panel body from a rear in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and faces an occupant in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The instrument panel body includes a harness holder configured to hold a wire harness arranged in a vehicle width direction. The harness holder extends along the vehicle width direction in the space of the instrument panel body, and includes a fragile portion provided in at least one position in a longitudinal direction of the harness holder. A sectional area of the fragile portion is smaller than a sectional area of the other portion of the harness holder.

A vehicle crossmember is made from continuous fiber-reinforced polymeric material without the need for metallic structural reinforcements. The crossmember includes more than one fiber-reinforced material composition, including different amounts and/or types of fiber reinforcements along different lengthwise portions of a crossbar of the crossmember. Attachment points and stiffening ribs can be overmolded onto surfaces of the crossbar before assembling two halves of the crossbar together to form the crossmember.

A method for fixing a steering support capable of improving efficiency when the steering support is fixed to an instrument panel reinforcement body is provided. The method for fixing the steering support according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes processes of: passing an instrument panel reinforcement body through a first through-hole formed in a steering support; and increasing the pressure inside an area of the instrument panel reinforcement body covered with the steering support, plastically deforming the area of the instrument panel reinforcement body from an inside to an outside, and pressing a circumferential surface of the first through-hole of the steering support by an outer circumferential surface of the area of the instrument panel reinforcement body.

An apparatus for manufacturing a pipe for a cowl crossbar disposed inside a vehicle body in a lateral direction, includes an extruder configured to receive a pipe material and extrude the pipe material; and a compression molding machine, configured to compress the pipe material extruded and form the pipe, comprising a hydraulic cylinder configured to form a hollow part at a center of the pipe material in a longitudinal direction.

An instrument panel assembly for a vehicle includes an instrument panel body including a driver-side portion, a center stack portion, and a passenger-side portion. A cross-car beam assembly is configured to at least partially support the instrument panel body and includes a horizontal member extending across at least the passenger-side portion of the instrument panel body. A first lower reinforcement bracket is spaced apart from the horizontal member and extends across the passenger-side portion of the instrument panel body. A second lower reinforcement bracket is coupled with the first lower reinforcement bracket. A vertical reinforcement bracket extends between the horizontal member and the first and second lower reinforcement brackets. The vertical reinforcement bracket includes a curved portion proximate a first end and coupled with the horizontal member. A second end of the vertical reinforcement bracket is coupled with at least one of the first and second lower reinforcement brackets.

The disclosure provides a vehicle body capable of well preventing the deformation of a side door even if the weight of the vehicle itself increases. The vehicle body includes a front pillar upper which extends rearward and upward along a side edge of a windshield, a front pillar lower which is joined to a lower end of the front pillar upper to support a front end of the side door, a dash upper side which connects an upper member to the front pillar lower while being joined to the front pillar upper at a rear extension part, and a front pillar upper stiffener which reinforces the bending rigidity of the front pillar upper. A distance is set between the rear extension part of the dash upper side and a front end of the front pillar upper stiffener above the front pillar lower.