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Overhead instrument console

  • US 4,421,190 A
  • Filed: 06/03/1981
  • Issued: 12/20/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An overhead instrument console in combination with a tractor having a driver'"'"'s compartment with a steering column and steering wheel, and having windows with motor driven windshield wipers, and a ceiling structure, the console comprising:

  • a panel having vertical and horizontal panel sections and transversely substantially spanning the driver'"'"'s compartment overhead adjacent to the windows and having a plurality of instruments mounted on the vertical panel portion and extending through to the rear of said panel, secured to the ceiling structure when in the up position, said panel when in the down position providing access to electrical components and the electrical circuitry located within the ceiling structure and connecting the electrical components located within the ceiling structure;

    a hinge pivotally connecting said horizontal panel section to the ceiling structure so that said horizontal panel section constitutes part of the ceiling structure and such that the panel can be pivotally lowered to a down position without interference from the steering wheel, thus permitting full access to the rear of the instruments mounted on the panel and can be pivotally moved to an up position hiding from view the rear of the instruments mounted thereon; and

    means for limiting the downward pivoting of the panel and holding the panel in a downwardly angular plane in a stable position.

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