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.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an interior trim part for a motor vehicle, which comprises: a support component and a cover layer on a visible side of the support component, wherein the support component has an opening which is covered by the cover layer, and an insert, which is received in the opening and has a top side which is covered by the cover layer, wherein the insert receives an electrical function module or is coupled to the same, which function module is equipped in order to emit and/or receive light and/or signals through the surface of the insert and the cover layer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a part of a vehicle, which includes a translucent cover layer having a front surface and a back surface; a heating layer comprising a translucent and opaque heating element extending in a plane of the heating layer, the heating layer located on the back surface side of the cover layer; and a lighting module associated with the heating layer and adapted for lighting the heating layer so that at least part of the heating layer is visible at the front surface side of the cover layer.

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.

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.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a composite fiber mat for producing a support plate for a motor vehicle component, wherein at least a first subarea of the composite fiber mat is provided with at least one reinforcing seam.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interior trim component for a motor vehicle, which comprises: a carrier component, which determines the contour of the interior trim component, a cover layer, which is applied to a front side of the carrier component, and a light-emitting layer, which is applied to a back side of the carrier component, wherein the carrier component and the cover layer are transparent.

Abstract: The invention proposes a device for manufacture of a composite piece, which exhibits a shaped plate and at least one plastic functional piece molded on to the shaped plate. The device has a heater for heating a plate blank; a shaping tool with at least two shaping elements and for admitting and shaping of the plate blank, to bring the plate blank into a desired shape and thus to manufacture the shaped plate; means for insertion of a shaped mass into the shaping tool for molding the plastic functional piece onto the shaped plate in the shaping tool to manufacture the composite piece, wherein the shaping tool is so configured that after the shaping of the plate blank, at least one cavity remains, in which the plastic functional piece is shaped; and a closing unit for opening and closing the shaping tool; wherein the heater is integrated into the closing unit and the closing unit is furnished to open and close the heater.

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.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interior lining for a motor vehicle, with a sliding or panoramic roof, which comprises a roof liner and a stiffening frame which is attached to the roof liner, and an opening in the roof liner, which delimits, frames and stabilizes the sliding or panoramic window. The roof liner is constructed in several layers, which comprise at least one core layer and one cover layer. The stiffening frame is produced from a fiber-reinforced composite material, which contains organic synthetic polymer fibers, carbon fibers or natural fibers, or mixtures of these fibers, and a binder made from a duroplastic or thermoplastic material. The surface weight and the bending stiffness of the stiffening frame are greater than those of the roof liner structure, preferably by at least 50%.

Abstract: The invention relates to an interior trim part, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a base component, a decorative layer made of leather or a leather-like material, and a spacing layer between the base component and the decorative layer, the spacing layer being made of a material that is softer than the material of the base component. The base component, the decorative layer and the spacing layer each have a localized area of weakened material, which allows the interior trim part to break away in a controlled manner when a predefined amount of force is applied to the base component, wherein, at least in the area of weakened material, an intermediate layer lies between the decorative layer and the spacing layer, which intermediate layer does not have a localized weakened area. The invention further provides a method for producing the interior trim part.

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.

Abstract: A trim means for a motor vehicle comprises a carrier having a B side and a C side. A recess is formed into the B side of the carrier, and the carrier has an aperture in the region at the edge of the recess. A planar lighting unit comes to lie flush in the recess on the B side of the carrier, so that on the B side of the carrier a substantially continuous planar surface of the carrier with the lighting unit is produced. The lighting unit has a connection cable which is guided through the aperture to the C side of the carrier, where it is connected with a plug connector, a further conductor or directly with a control unit. A cover layer is applied onto the B side of the carrier and covers the planar lighting unit and at least a portion of the surface of the carrier. The cover layer forms the visible side of the trim means and is permeable to the light emitted from the lighting unit.

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.

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.