Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100212819 | HIDDEN LAMP MANUFACTURE PROCESS - A method for making a vehicle interior panel including positioning a slipsheet on a film or fabric liner. The liner is placed on a substrate board. The liner and substrate board are formed into an interior panel. A cavity is formed by removing a portion of the substrate board from the interior panel adjacent to the slipsheet position. A lamp is positioned in the cavity. | 08-26-2010 |
20100214798 | AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR HIDDEN SWITCHING - A vehicle interior panel having a substrate with a receiving slot. A support lens is disposed in the receiving slot and includes a light source. A sensor is operably connected to the light source and disposed proximate the support lens. A connector operably links the sensor to the light source through the support lens. A decorative layer extends over the support lens and the sensor. | 08-26-2010 |
20110048658 | CARGO SHADE FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A cargo shade for an automotive vehicle includes a shade storage device contained within a cargo area trim panel, and a retractable shade attached to the storage device. One end of the retractable shade is attached to a liftgate, such that opening the liftgate will cause the shade to be selectively elevated, to permit access to the cargo area without the necessity of retracting the shade. | 03-03-2011 |
20110163568 | Sun Visor - A sun visor assembly includes a sun visor in which the corners associated with one of the longer edges are rotatably mounted to an automotive vehicle, one corner of which is fixed and the other corner being removable from a mount affixed to the vehicle. The removable corner has a cutout with a cylindrical pin coupled to the cutout at both ends of the pin. The mount has an arcuate cradle to engage the pin over less than half of its circumference. The opening to gain access to the cradle faces generally downward when installed and the pin is held in the mount by magnetic attraction. | 07-07-2011 |
20110274921 | TRIM COMPONENT AND METHOD OF EDGE FOLDING - A trim component and method of manufacture. The trim component has thermoplastic adhesive disposed proximate an edge portion of the trim component. The adhesive melts at a higher temperature than a curing temperature of a thermoset material of the trim component. | 11-10-2011 |
20110285178 | ACOUSTICALLY ABSORPTIVE VEHICLE HEADLINER - A vehicle headliner includes an air permeable foam having open cells and a surface cover adhered to one side of the foam core. An air permeable hydrophobic layer is adhered to the opposite side of the foam core. The hydrophobic layer restricts liquid penetration and allows air permeation into the headliner for acoustic dampening. | 11-24-2011 |
20110305032 | VEHICLE VANITY AND LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND VISOR HAVING VANITY AND DOME LIGHTING - A vehicle sun visor is provided that includes a visor body having a first side and a second side, and a vanity and lighting assembly located on the visor body. The assembly includes a lighting device located on the visor body. The lighting device is configured to provide a vanity light for a vanity mirror and is further configured to provide a dome light. | 12-15-2011 |
20120080903 | MOLDED VANITY ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A vanity mirror and light assembly is provided for use on a vehicle visor. The vanity assembly includes a clear frame molded to a reflective film to define a reflector portion and a partially transmissive portion. The assembly also includes a lighting device located behind the partially transmissive portion of the reflective film to provide a vanity light passing through the partially transmissive portion. A method of forming the vanity assembly in a mold is also provided. | 04-05-2012 |
20120119474 | Headliner Mounted Tunable Directional Guide for Curtain Airbag Deployment - An airbag assembly in a vehicle including at least one structural support is provided that includes an airbag configured to inflate and an airbag deployment guide. The airbag deployment guide includes a deformable headliner operably associated with the airbag, wherein the deformable headliner is configured to deform based upon an applied force from the inflating airbag and at least one tunable connector operably connecting the deformable headliner to the at least one structural support of the vehicle, wherein the at least one tunable connector is configured to reduce a deformation of the deformable headliner when the inflating airbag contacts the deformable headliner until a threshold force applied to the deformable headliner and the tunable connector by the at least one inflating airbag is exceeded. | 05-17-2012 |
20120213399 | VEHICLE MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY IN TRIM PANEL - A vehicle trim and microphone assembly includes a headliner having a substrate, a foam layer, and a surface cover covering the substrate and foam layer. The substrate has a hole that is covered by the surface cover. A bracket is secured to the substrate and a microphone installed in the bracket so that acoustic sound waves pass through the surface cover within the hole to be detected by the microphone. | 08-23-2012 |
20120327674 | VEHICLE VISOR HAVING HIDDEN LIGHT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle visor is provided that includes a visor body having a first side, a second side, and a light transmissive cover material. The vehicle visor further includes a hidden light assembly located in the visor body arranged to provide light illumination through the light transmissive cover material on the first and second sides of the visor body. | 12-27-2012 |
20130016429 | VEHICLE VISOR HAVING MIRROR ASSEMBLYAANM Li; ChiAACI Farmington HillsAAST MIAACO USAAGP Li; Chi Farmington Hills MI USAANM Stakoe; John AndrewAACI Bloomfield HillsAAST MIAACO USAAGP Stakoe; John Andrew Bloomfield Hills MI USAANM Chen; ChanghongAACI CantonAAST MIAACO USAAGP Chen; Changhong Canton MI USAANM Wang; HaiboAACI WindsorAACO CAAAGP Wang; Haibo Windsor CA - A vehicle visor is provided that includes a mirror assembly. The visor body has a first side and a second side and pivots between a stowed position and a downward use position. The visor body further includes a mirror assembly located on the visor body. The mirror assembly includes a conversation mirror that is extendable from a first side of the visor body for viewing from the first side of the visor body, and is stowable within the visor body for viewing through an aperture from the second side of the visor body. The mirror may serve as a vanity mirror. | 01-17-2013 |
20130135884 | MODULAR GRAB HANDLE WITH INTEGRAL LAMP ATTACHING SYSTEM - An interior grab handle and lamp assembly for a vehicle including a bracket configured for attachment by fasteners to a structural roof member. The bracket is disposed on an back side surface of a headliner. An elongate handle is operably connected to the bracket via first and second mounting members disposed on an visible surface of the headliner. A light source is operably connected with an intermediate portion of the bracket. The light source is disposed on the visible surface of the headliner between the first and second mounting members. | 05-30-2013 |