US Patent 6890016 Dashboard assembly and vehicle comprising the assembly

Dashboard assembly includes a structural element extending in a direction of elongation, flanges produced in one piece with the structural element and extending substantially perpendicularly to the direction of elongation and a housing being connected to the flanges by way of releasable retaining elements, in order to permit the displacement of the housing relative to the flanges under the action of a load, greater than a determined threshold, exerted in a longitudinal direction which is substantially perpendicular to the direction of elongation and substantially horizontal, and to hold the housing in position relative to the flanges when the housing is subjected to loads lower than the given threshold in the longitudinal direction.