Patents Assigned to INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
  • Patent number: 12208682
    Abstract: A vehicle control device comprising a display module with a display on a front face of the display module, a touch-sensitive layer, and a transparent cover attached to the front face of the display module where a front face of the transparent cover has a tactile feedback area. A haptic feedback unit is configured to provide an active haptic feedback by moving or deforming the transparent cover. A control unit is configured to display a graphical user interface on the display to receive a user input via the touch-sensitive layer and to trigger a vehicle function in response to the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Lambricht, Laurent Vandievoet, Carter Scott Cannon, Sung-Uk Kim
  • Patent number: 11964613
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an interior trim part of a motor vehicle which comprises: a shaped part made of glass or a glass-like material which is arranged on the side of the interior trim part facing the interior of the motor vehicle, a thin-film display device which as seen from the motor vehicle interior is arranged behind the shaped part or is integrated therein, and a control device for activating the thin-film display device, so that the latter transmits an image through the shaped part to the interior of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Huib Seegers, Henk Rijpkema, Carter Scott Cannon
  • Patent number: 11511680
    Abstract: An interior component of a vehicle comprises a carrier having a front face directed toward a passenger compartment of the vehicle and an opposite rear face; a speaker including an at least partially transparent diaphragm and a transducer coupled to the diaphragm. Movement of the transducer causes vibration of the diaphragm to generate sound by vibration of the diaphragm, the diaphragm having a front face directed towards the passenger compartment and an opposite rear face. The carrier provides a support along at least part of the periphery of the diaphragm where the diaphragm is attached to the carrier where the front face and the rear face of the diaphragm are free of the carrier across a part of the diaphragm surface so that the diaphragm is suspended in the carrier of the interior component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Marek Novotny, Carter Scott Cannon, Sung-Uk Kim
  • Publication number: 20220032856
    Abstract: An interior component of a vehicle comprises a carrier having a front face directed toward a passenger compartment of the vehicle and an opposite rear face; a speaker including an at least partially transparent diaphragm and a transducer coupled to the diaphragm. Movement of the transducer causes vibration of the diaphragm to generate sound by vibration of the diaphragm, the diaphragm having a front face directed towards the passenger compartment and an opposite rear face. The carrier provides a support along at least part of the periphery of the diaphragm where the diaphragm is attached to the carrier where the front face and the rear face of the diaphragm are free of the carrier across a part of the diaphragm surface so that the diaphragm is suspended in the carrier of the interior component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Marek NOVOTNY, Carter Scott CANNON, Sung-Uk KIM
  • Publication number: 20210347260
    Abstract: A vehicle control device comprising a display module with a display on a front face of the display module, a touch-sensitive layer, and a transparent cover attached to the front face of the display module where a front face of the transparent cover has a tactile feedback area. A haptic feedback unit is configured to provide an active haptic feedback by moving or deforming the transparent cover. A control unit is configured to display a graphical user interface on the display to receive a user input via the touch-sensitive layer and to trigger a vehicle function in response to the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicants: AGC GLASS EUROPE, INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas LAMBRICHT, Laurent VANDIEVOET, Carter Scott CANNON, Sung-Uk KIM
  • Patent number: 11117541
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement comprising a flap, which closes a passage opening for an airbag, a hinge section along a side of the flap, an chute wall, which is connected to the flap via the hinge section; and a material web, which is partially arranged in the flap and partially in the chute wall, and transverses the hinge section, wherein the material web is molded into the chute wall and is anchored in the material of the chute wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Siegfried Lesnik, Michael Loch
  • Patent number: 10889032
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated moulded part comprises a pressure moulding of a blank to form a moulded part in a moulding cavity between a first moulding tool unit and a second moulding tool unit, introducing of a laminating element into the moulding cavity after the pressure moulding of the blank, and a bonding of the moulded part with the laminating element in the moulding cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Fritz Schweindl
  • Patent number: 10562446
    Abstract: The invention relates to an interior trim element for a motor vehicle which comprises: a translucent carrier component with a front side and a rear side, a translucent cover material on the front side of the carrier component and a light source on the rear side of the carrier component, wherein the translucent cover material has a Shore A hardness in the range between 60 and 80, wherein the interior trim element comprises at least one surface of a storage tray or storage compartment of the motor vehicle which is visible to passengers of the motor vehicle, and wherein the light source illuminates the visible surface of the storage tray or storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Carter Scott Cannon
  • Patent number: 9669791
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an airbag cover, which comprises at least one door portion adapted to be opened to allow at least a portion of an airbag to be deployed, at least one hinge portion located adjacent to a side of the door portion and being adapted to provide a hinge for the door portion when opening, and at least one reinforcement portion at least partly surrounding the at least one door portion and the at least one hinge portion. The airbag cover comprises a mesh member, a first portion of the mesh member being located in the at least one reinforcement portion and a second portion of the mesh member being located in the at least one hinge portion. The at least one reinforcement portion comprises at least one rib protruding in a first direction (D1). The first portion of the mesh member has a non-planar cross-section by the mesh member being molded into a portion of the at least one rib, such that the mesh member traverses the at least one rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH, VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Svensson, Bengt Sätterman
  • Publication number: 20120314438
    Abstract: Handle member for a motor vehicle having a body and at least one decorative attachment piece, with a light source being integrated in said attachment piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan GUTT, Carter Scott CANNON
  • Publication number: 20120299273
    Abstract: An airbag cover with a support component and a top-cover component, wherein the support component and the top-cover component are covered up with a covering material. A predetermined breakage line is formed between the support component and the top-cover component, which defines at least one serration or one undulation at the edge of the top-cover component, and the covering material exhibits a structural weakening, wherein the contour of the structural weakening is congruent with the contour of the breakage line at least in the area of the serration or the undulation. The breakage line between the support component and the top-cover component and the structural weakening of the covering material are formed at least in the area of the serration or the undulation by means of one or a plurality of cuts, which fully penetrate the support component and partially penetrate the covering material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Siegfried LESNIK
  • Publication number: 20120142242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molded part, in particular, to an interior panel component for a motor vehicle, having a core layer comprising a mixture of natural or synthetic fibers and thermoplastic binding fibers, which are processed to form a nonwoven, and a thermoplastic cover layer, the core layer and the cover layer being fused together and the cover layer being such that the molded part has a visible surface, which is terminated by the cover layer, the visual appearance of the visible surface being at least shaped by the fibers of the core layer. The present invention furthermore relates to the manufacturing of a molded part in which the nonwoven of the core layer is warmed and pre-compressed in a contact heater, and the compressed nonwoven, together with the cover layer is introduced into a mold and recast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Rainer ANKELE
  • Publication number: 20120007377
    Abstract: Trim component for the interior of a motor vehicle, in particular floor lining component for a loading platform of a motor vehicle, with a cassette profile layer in which a plurality of cavities are formed, which are open towards a supporting or abutting side of the trim component and on the opposite use surface of the trim component, are sealed by an airtight use layer which rests on the use surface of the trim component, or by an airtight surface of the cassette profile layer, wherein the cavities of the cassette profile layer are filled with air and wherein the columns of air enclosed in the cassette profile layer, form in connection with the use layer an acoustic spring-mass system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen BUCHHEIT, Manfred HOFFMANN, Rüdiger REZEK, Carsten KLIWER, Karl-Heinz WEBER