Interior Trim Panel On Door Patents (Class 296/146.7)
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Patent number: 11945290Abstract: A composite liftgate including an inner panel construction having strengthening channel structure in combination with a ribbing. Structural steel reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed. Where the extra structure is needed, a minimum amount of steel is used and the structural reinforcement is bonded in place using adhesive. A plurality of access doors are provided that are removable for easier maintenance and repair.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Magna International Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Kuntze, Keijo J. Huotari
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Patent number: 11865982Abstract: In at least some implementations, a powertrain assembly, includes a combustion engine arranged to propel a vehicle, an electric motor arranged to propel a vehicle, a transmission coupled to the combustion engine and having a transmission housing and an output, an exhaust assembly coupled to the combustion engine, a drivetrain component driven for rotation by the output, multiple wires connected to the electric motor, and a housing. The housing has a first housing part and a second housing part that are coupled together to define an interior between them. At least one of the first housing part and the second housing part is coupled to the transmission housing, the wires are received within the interior and the housing is received between the transmission housing and both a portion of the exhaust assembly and a portion of the drivetrain component.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Prabhu L Selvaraj, Tim Coffin, Michael J Petkus, Robert Attisha, Seethal Doddannawar, Brett A Swan
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Patent number: 11850926Abstract: A motor vehicle opening panel including an inner panel, preferably made of plastic material, provided with an upper part in which a first opening is made that is intended to accommodate a rear window, and an outer skin, at least partially made of plastic material, attached to the inner panel, comprising an inner surface located opposite an outer surface of the inner panel. The opening panel further includes a support plate for at least one equipment item covered by the outer skin. The inner surface of the outer skin is attached directly to the support plate 4 in a sealed manner. The plate is arranged inside an inner volume delimited by the outer surface of the inner panel and by the inner surface of the outer skin. The outer skin is attached directly and fastened removably to the inner panel or to the plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventors: Franck Leterrier, Philippe Coudron
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Patent number: 11820208Abstract: A vehicle door including a door water management system is disclosed. The water management system includes a baffle installed within the door to direct water towards a lateral door of the door, preventing water from leaking inside a motor vehicle. The water management system also includes a grommet that is set within an opening of a stiffening member, which is disposed between an exterior skin member and an interior panel member of the vehicle door. The grommet protects a wire running through the opening of the stiffening member and helps prevent water from leaking through that opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Khang C. Nguyen, Christos Agouridis, Hiroshi Shingu
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Patent number: 11812233Abstract: A communication system for vehicles allowing occupants of an interior cab of the vehicle to orally communicate with persons outside the vehicle while all windows and doors of the vehicle are closed. The system employs an internal communications component in operative communication with an exterior communications component to communicate voice communications to and from both the person outside the vehicle and the occupants of the sealed interior cab of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Buddy Johnson
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Patent number: 11777296Abstract: A wire harness installation structure includes a wire harness, a protector, and a bending motion mechanism that causes the wire harness to make a bending movement. The wire harness has a first portion that is fixed to the protector, a second portion that is distant from both of the first portion and the protector beyond a bending position of the wire harness, and a third portion that is located between the first portion and the second portion. The second portion and the third portion of the wire harness are fixed on a movable member of the bending motion mechanism, and the wire harness is routed so that a second excess length between the second portion and the third portion is shorter than a first excess length between the first portion and the third portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Kato, Tatsuya Otsuka, Tomohiro Shibata
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Patent number: 11654805Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat cushion having an external surface and defining a recess therein, the recess being open to the external surface and being sized to receive one or more bezel components and a trim cover assembly disposed over the seat cushion. The trim cover assembly includes a trim cover having an A-side as an occupant surface and a B-side, opposite the A-side, facing the external surface of the seat cushion, with the trim cover defining a cover opening therethrough generally corresponding to the recess in the seat cushion. The trim cover also has a plurality of flaps spaced about the cover opening, with each flap having an inner portion towards the cover opening and an outer portion opposite the inner portion. The trim cover assembly also includes a bezel support member having an A-surface contacting the B-side of the trim cover, and a B-surface opposite the A-surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Wenjuan Yang, Yong Yang, Qun Liu, Shaoying Chen
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Patent number: 11560045Abstract: A composite liftgate system with an inner panel construction having a strengthening channel structure. Structural composite reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed to meet predetermined performance requirements. Where the extra structure is needed, no steel or a minimum amounts of steel is used and the structural reinforcements are bonded in place using adhesive prior to application of additional fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Kuntze, Stephen R. Roddy, Eric R. Langley
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Patent number: 11560103Abstract: A vehicle trim assembly includes a first trim component having an interior facing surface and an exterior facing surface, the first trim component including an extended portion, a second trim component including an edge defining a groove configured to engage with the extended portion of the first trim component, and a single chip sensor overmolded with the second trim component such that the single chip sensor is integrated into the second trim component. The single chip sensor is formed with the second trim component in a multi-shot injection molding process.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Adam L. Wright, Nathaniel W. Hart
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Patent number: 11541735Abstract: An embodiment door sealing structure of a monocoque type vehicle body having an overlap of a side inner panel, a side outer reinforce panel, and a side outer panel, and having a side seal panel and a side roof panel combined with the overlap, for providing a seal between a door opening of the vehicle body and a door frame mounted on the door opening is provided. An embodiment door sealing structure includes an insert flange formed toward a vehicle interior along an entirety of a boundary of the door opening over a plurality of joints interconnecting the side inner panel, the side seal panel, and the side roof panel and a first weather strip mounted on the insert flange and configured to form a seal between the vehicle interior and a vehicle exterior.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Won Ki Song
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Patent number: 11472352Abstract: A door wiring module includes a door functional planar member and a wiring member. The door functional planar member is incorporated between a door panel and a design trim in a door of a vehicle. The wiring member is wired on a planar part of a main surface of the door functional planar member where a groove is not formed, and fixed to the door functional planar member.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Housei Mizuno
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Patent number: 11433790Abstract: The present invention includes: an upper surface provided with a plurality of air outlets; a lower surface provided with an air inlet, and configured such that corners thereof are attached to corners of the upper surface to form an air passage; and a spacer provided on at least one of the lower surface and the upper surface to extend toward the other surface. According to the present invention, it is possible to uniformly discharge incoming air to a seat of a vehicle and to minimize the discomfort experienced by a vehicle occupant, thereby providing a comfortable ride.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Ki-Yeong Noh
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Patent number: 11427054Abstract: A sunshade assembly for a vehicle door includes a housing including a storage portion configured to support a retractor for a sunshade, and a guide portion configured to guide the sunshade into and out of the storage portion. The guide portion includes a first wall and a second wall extended from the storage portion. The first wall and the second wall together define an elongated first opening for extension of the sunshade from the retractor. A sunshade garnish includes a base wall having an elongated second opening aligned with the first opening. A mounting flange depending from the base wall flanks the first wall and is directly connected to an outer surface of the storage portion. A weather-strip support covered by the sunshade garnish includes a mounting tab flanking the second wall and directly connected to the outer surface of the storage portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Rachel E. Canepa, Andrew E. Barrow, Sarah Jennifer Huth, Ryan W. Van Voorhis
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Patent number: 11407292Abstract: A composite liftgate including an inner panel construction having strengthening channel structure in combination with a ribbing. Structural steel reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed. Where the extra structure is needed, a minimum amount of steel is used and the structural reinforcement is bonded in place using adhesive. A plurality of access doors are provided that are removable for easier maintenance and repair.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Magna International Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Kuntze, Keijo J. Huotari
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Patent number: 11331986Abstract: A vehicle door includes an interior panel including a housing extending from a first side of the interior panel and defining a cavity. An energy absorption structure is positioned within the cavity and includes a plurality of members arranged in a plurality of rows. Each of the plurality of members includes at least one arcuate support coupled with a rib and having first and second ends. The at least one arcuate support of each member is coupled to the at least one arcuate support of a neighboring member at one of the first and second ends.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Israel Hiram Loza
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Patent number: 11279211Abstract: A door assembly for a motor vehicle is provided having a door body and a door trim panel attached to the door body on the vehicle inside, with a first impact region and a second impact region formed integrally therewith, wherein at each of the impact regions, an intermediate space is formed between the door trim panel and the door body. In order to allow an optimized protection of an occupant's pelvic region from impact by a vehicle door in a side impact, it is provided that a nominal break line is formed between the first impact region and the second impact region, along which the first impact region or seat impact region can be separated from the second impact region by a force acting in the vehicle transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Juergen Koehler, Kai Erik Mueller-Wiedensee, Chris Curtis, Emrah Tokyuerek
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Patent number: 11260914Abstract: A holder for an interior trim part, in particular for covering the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, has at least one supply line for guiding a temperature-controllable, liquid or gaseous fluid, to an outlet via which the fluid can emerge from the supply line, and an inlet via which the fluid can enter a discharge line. An interior trim part can be arranged on the holder in such a manner that the outlet of the holder is fluidically connected to an inlet of the interior trim part, and the inlet of the discharge line of the holder is fluidically connected to an outlet of the interior trim part.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bekele Gizaw, Bruno Roth, Peter Satzger, Martin Schwabl, Christina Selmeier
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Patent number: 11089393Abstract: A loudspeaker system includes a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion that are plate-shaped and face each other, a loudspeaker drive unit fixed to the first housing portion, and a coupling member that is rigid and couples the first housing portion and the second housing portion to each other inside the housing. The coupling member includes a first end that is directly or indirectly coupled to the first housing portion and a second end that is directly or indirectly coupled to the second housing portion. When second force is applied to the coupling member, the second force being smaller than first force that irreversibly deforms or breaks a coupling portion between the coupling member and the first housing portion, the coupling member is irreversibly deformed or broken so as to shorten a distance between the first end and the second end of the coupling member.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Fujimoto, Koji Sano, Yasunori Miyamoto, Teppei Koido
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Patent number: 11021099Abstract: A touch module for vehicle interior trim, including: a substrate; at least one layer of touch sensing layer disposed above the substrate, for generating a first signal upon a user's touch; a lighting layer disposed above the touch sensing layer; a decorative layer disposed above the lighting layer, at least part of the decorative layer being transparent or semi-transparent to allow light to pass through the lighting layer; and a tactile feedback layer disposed below the substrate and vibrating as a feedback according to the first signal generated by the touch sensing layer upon the user's touch. The touch module can be flexibly integrated into a vehicle interior trim such as a door, a center console, or an instrument panel to provide soft and comfortable touch feeling. An interior trim including the touch module and a vehicle having the touch module is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: FAURECIA (CHINA) HOLDING CO., LTD.Inventor: Zixuan Peng
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Patent number: 11001127Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a door module and a door panel. The door module has a back plate with a periphery bearing attachment orifices defining a base plane. At least one guide rail extends in a rail direction in a rail plane offset from the base plane and has a connected edge and a free edge. The connected edge is attached to the back plate, and the free edge is shaped for slidably attaching a carrier plate for a window. The guide rail vertically protrudes beyond the periphery of the back platen. A void in the rail plane intersects a trajectory of the connected edge. The void provides access through the rail plane to the periphery of the back plate, wherein an attachment orifice is disposed in the void. The door panel has a central hole and attachment openings aligned with the attachment orifices of the door module.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Hi-Lex Controls, Inc.Inventors: Beau Cook, Stephen J. Brinck, Tuan Tony Nguyen
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Patent number: 10974577Abstract: It is provided a break-out element for a module support, which is designed as a wet/dry area separation, of a door or flap of a motor vehicle, wherein the break-out element is integrally connected to the adjacent material of the module support via at least one region of weakness of lesser material thickness, and wherein the region of weakness acts as a predetermined breaking point and forms at least part of the edge of an access opening. The break-out element is in the shape of a cup, wherein the region of weakness is arranged between the free edge of an edge-side cup ring and the base of the cup.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventors: Magnus Bååth, Peter Thelin
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Patent number: 10967715Abstract: An integrated window regulator carrier for a door of a vehicle comprising: a side; a vertical channel recessed into the side, with a first channel wall and a second channel wall defining lateral edges of the vertical channel; a first receiver disposed to a first side of the vertical channel, and projecting outward from the side; and a second receiver disposed to a second side of the vertical channel and projecting outward from the side, and opposing the first receiver. Each of the first receiver and the second receiver comprises: a bottom retaining surface; a first retaining surface extending at least approximately orthogonally upward from the bottom retaining surface; and a second retaining surface opposing the first retaining surface, the second retaining surface extending at least approximately orthogonally upward from the bottom retaining surface. Each of the first receiver and the second receiver can include a snap-fit receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Eric Bowman
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Patent number: 10968666Abstract: An inside handle device for vehicle includes a handle unit and a cable unit. In the handle unit, an operation handle including a connecting recess is rotatably connected to a handle base. The cable unit is connected to the handle unit while holding one end of an operating force transmission cable in which an inner cable is movably inserted into an outer cable. The connecting recess is locked to a connecting body formed at a tip end of the inner cable in a state where the handle unit is connected to the cable unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventors: Koichiro Sugimoto, Takao Toyama
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Patent number: 10913335Abstract: A composite liftgate system with an inner panel construction having a strengthening channel structure. Structural composite reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed to meet predetermined performance requirements. Where the extra structure is needed, no steel or a minimum amounts of steel is used and the structural reinforcements are bonded in place using adhesive prior to application of additional fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Kuntze, Stephen R. Roddy, Eric R. Langley
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Patent number: 10876559Abstract: A panel assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first panel element and a second panel element that is connected to the first panel element. The first panel element has a fastening extension that is connected to a receiving section on the second panel element by way of a connector. The fastening extension further has a latch that is to interlock with a locking opening in the receiving section of the second panel element.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Marc Weber
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Patent number: 10800305Abstract: A seating assembly is provided herein that includes a console disposed between laterally adjacent first and second seats. A panel is disposed within the console and movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A first portion of the panel has a greater transparency than a second portion of the panel. A tray is supported by the console and movable between a first position and a second position. The tray is supported by a support member extending from the console.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Antonio Garcia Sanchez, Paul Pagnoulle De la Rosa, Mauricio Aguilar Amoros, Jose Raymundo Hernandez Rubio, Luis Enrique Flores Alegria
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Patent number: 10688922Abstract: Provided is a soft upper trim of a vehicle door, in which an upper substrate, foam, and a transparent skin are laminated, and particularly, to a soft upper trim for switch assembly of a vehicle door, in which a switch, which is configured to preserve continuity of a transparent skin and display lock and unlock symbols on the transparent skin, is easily assembled to an upper substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignees: SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD., SEOYON AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Ji Hyun Cho, Dong Suk Kim, Jong Kyu Kim, Sung Won Lee
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Patent number: 10647183Abstract: A vehicle panel assembly for a motor vehicle and carrier module therefor are provided. The vehicle body panel assembly includes a structural panel body defining an internal cavity with the carrier module secured to the structural panel body at least partially in the internal cavity. The carrier module has a carrier with an actuator attachment region integrally formed thereon and providing a first attachment feature. A latch assembly is secured to the carrier module and an actuator is configured in operable communication with the latch assembly to selectively cinch the latch assembly. The actuator has a housing providing a second attachment feature, wherein the first and second attachment features are configured for attachment to one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: MAGNA CLOSURES INC.Inventors: Mario Magazzini, Francesco Cumbo
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Patent number: 10632935Abstract: A vehicle interior component includes a first board and a second board assembled together. The first board includes a design portion, a peripheral wall portion, and a flange portion. The second board includes a main wall portion and a clip mount portion. The clip mount portion includes an extending portion, a mount base, and at least one leg. The extending portion extends from an edge of the second board toward the first board and is fixed to the flange portion of the first board. The mount base is disposed parallel to and away from a back surface of the design portion and coupled with the extending portion. The at least one leg protrudes from the mount base toward the back surface of the design portion with a clearance between the at least one leg and the peripheral wall portion. The at least one leg is coupled with the extending portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takeru Shioda, Tadashi Suzuki, Tetsuya Narimatsu
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Patent number: 10604030Abstract: A control element housing has a front face that receives at least one control element, a rear face lying opposite the front face, a first side face and a second side face lying opposite the first side face, the two side faces connecting the front face to the rear face, a base which interconnects the two side faces and the rear face, and an upper face lying opposite the base, the upper face connecting the front face, the first side face, the second side face and the rear face. The base and/or the upper face has or have at least one structural weakening that allows the control element housing to be deformed under mechanical stress. Also disclosed is a door interior trim having the control element housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gabriel Hairer, Steffen Sattler
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Patent number: 10583777Abstract: Provided is a soft upper trim of a vehicle door, in which an upper substrate, a foam, and a transparent skin are laminated, and particularly, to a soft upper trim for switch assembly of a vehicle door, in which a switch, which is configured to preserve continuity of a transparent skin and display lock and unlock symbols on the transparent skin, is easily assembled to an upper substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignees: SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD., SEOYON AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Ji Hyun Cho, Dong Suk Kim, Jong Kyu Kim
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Patent number: 10532638Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting an interior component to a door trim body includes: a rear locking protrusion including a first portion protruding from a back surface of the interior component and a second portion extending from a distal end of the first portion toward a front of a vehicle; a rear mounting hole in a rear edge section of the door trim body and opposed to the rear locking protrusion; a locking protrusion protruding from the back surface toward the door trim body and is disposed closer to a front of the vehicle relative to the rear locking protrusion; and a mounting hole in a section of the door trim body at a position closer to the front relative to the rear mounting hole and opposed to the locking protrusion. The second portion of rear locking protrusion is locked to a hole edge of the rear mounting hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuki Mizuno
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Patent number: 10513230Abstract: A speaker for a vehicle includes: a base plate which is installed in a door of the vehicle and includes a first coupling portion; and a speaker module including a second coupling portion. In particular, the first coupling portion has a predetermined pattern formed along a circumferential direction of the inner surface of the first coupling portion, and the second coupling portion includes a predetermined pattern formed along a circumferential direction of the outer surface of the second coupling portion such that the second coupling portion is interlocked with the first coupling portion, and a connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Kyu Kim, Jaejun Lee, Jaya Prakash Batte, Masthan Vikas Munaga
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Patent number: 10507772Abstract: A vehicular door trim having excellent unity with a door armrest is provided. An armrest lower section includes a bulging portion bulging toward a cabin side, a shelf portion arranged continuously from the bulging portion and on which an armrest upper section is placed, and a bracket portion extending upward from a side edge of the shelf portion to a back face side of a center trim. The bracket portion includes a first fixing part to which the armrest upper section is fixed and a second fixing part to which the center trim is fixed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Shoichi Ikechi
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Patent number: 10479176Abstract: A door hole seal includes: a sheet body configured to operably couple to a door inner panel for covering an opening on the door inner panel; a synthetic resin film for joining the sheet body to the door inner panel, the synthetic resin film being transparent, the synthetic resin film including: an internal circumferential end which sticks to the sheet body; and an outer circumferential end which sticks to an inner-cabin side of the door inner panel by adhesive; and a sheet separation provided at a distance from the sheet body and between an outer circumferential end of the sheet body and the outer circumferential end of the synthetic resin film, the sheet separation adhering to the synthetic resin film.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignees: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Yamashita, Shoichi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Nakamura, Katsuya Ashizawa, Masaya Kunii
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Patent number: 10471900Abstract: A door panel for a passenger door of a vehicle is disclosed. The door panel includes a map pocket having a container holder. The door panel includes a main body defining an inner surface facing a passenger compartment of the vehicle, a retention wall, and a retention member. The main body include a lower end portion and a shelf located at the lower end portion of the main body. The shelf extends from the inner surface of the main body and towards the passenger compartment of the vehicle to define a portion of the map pocket. The retention wall extends from the shelf of the main body. The retention wall and a portion of the inner surface of the main body define the container holder. The retention member is configured to elastically deform when a container is placed within the container holder.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jesus Edgar Dominguez Cuevas, Alejandro Barrera Torres, Leon Alfonso Alvarez Solleiro
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Patent number: 10406892Abstract: A curtain device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first shade bar. A first shade roller is disposed within the first shade bar and a hook portion is provided in an upper side of the first shade bar. A first curtain member has a first transmissivity. One end of the first curtain member is rolled into the first shade roller and an opposite end of the first curtain member is exposed to a bottom of the first shade bar. A second shade bar is adjacent the bottom of the first shade bar. A second shade roller is configured to be disposed inside a door body that is formed in a lower portion of the door frame. A second curtain member having a second transmissivity has one end connected to the second shade bar and an opposite end rolled into the second shade roller.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Dowon Kim
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Patent number: 10399513Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a vehicle door connected to the vehicle body. The vehicle door includes an interior trim panel including an upper board and an ornament member that is connected to an interior surface of the upper board. The ornament member has a front edge, a rear edge and side edges that extend from the front edge to the rear edge. The ornament member includes an interference member that extends outwardly from at least one of the front edge, the rear edge and the side edges and extends under the upper board to interface with the upper board during a side impact event.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Daniel F. Gillay
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Patent number: 10384520Abstract: A composite liftgate system with an inner panel construction having a strengthening channel structure. Structural composite reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed to meet predetermined performance requirements. Where the extra structure is needed, no steel or a minimum amounts of steel is used and the structural reinforcements are bonded in place using adhesive prior to application of additional fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Kuntze, Stephen R. Roddy, Eric R. Langley
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Patent number: 10350973Abstract: A vehicle passenger door comprises: (a) an interior door trim panel; (b) a bracket connected to the interior door trim panel comprising: an elongated middle portion; a first end portion; and a second end portion opposite the first end portion; wherein both the first and second end portions have a first width at a first point and a second width wider than the first width at a second point parallel to the first width, the first point being closer to the elongated middle portion than the second point; and (c) an integrated window regulator carrier comprising: a vertical channel recessed into an interior facing side; a first receiver receiving the first end portion of the bracket disposed at a first side of the vertical channel; and a second receiver, opposing the first receiver, receiving the second end portion of the bracket at a second side of the vertical channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Eric Bowman
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Patent number: 10343235Abstract: A laser welding method of the present invention is a laser welding method for irradiating with a laser beam a groove portion 6 formed along a circumferential direction by butting axial end portions of cylindrical bodies 5a, 5b together to weld the groove portion, the method comprising: a welding process S2 of irradiating the groove portion 6 with the laser beam over the entire circumference to weld the groove portion; and a strain correction process S4 of irradiating the groove portion 6 with the laser beam over the entire circumference, the laser beam having a heat input amount smaller than a heat input amount per unit area of the laser beam emitted in the welding process S2.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Kamitani, Shuho Tsubota, Takafumi Aoyama, Yasuyuki Fujiya
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Patent number: 10343623Abstract: A door frame (1) of a motor vehicle has a cover panel (10) fastened on the door frame (1). To simplify the fastening of the cover panel (10) on the door frame (1), the cover panel (10) has a guiding and positioning protrusion that positions the cover panel (10) without rattling on the door frame (1) in an installation direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gerald Eckart, Thomas Seibold, Claudius Kuebart
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Patent number: 10272852Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a vehicle body having a trunk and an inner lining fastened to the body and delimiting the trunk. A functional component, such as a warning triangle and/or a first-aid box, is secured to the vehicle body within the trunk. In particular, the functional component is fastened between the body and the inner lining in a holding position.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Thilo Schaefer, Thomas Horst
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Patent number: 10259401Abstract: An interior component for a vehicle includes a first board, a second board, and a position adjustment mechanism. The second board is mounted to the first board to cover a surface of the first board on an interior side of the vehicle and to be movable along the surface of the first board. The position adjustment mechanism includes an operating component mounted to the second board. The operating component is configured to transmit a force applied to the operating component to the first board to move the second board relative to the first board along the surface of the first board.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuhiro Tawada, Michinori Kawasumi, Daizo Morita, Fumitaka Hirose, Toshiya Tanizawa, Masaaki Yamai, Manabu Ohtsuka
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Patent number: 10214167Abstract: A sliding door electrical wire guide module includes a sliding door and an electrical wire guide apparatus that are integrated with each other. The electrical wire guide apparatus includes: an electrical wire guide body for spanning a distance between a vehicle body and the sliding door and that is capable of undergoing curving deformation; a door-side bracket that is coupled to one end portion of the electrical wire guide body and is fixed to the sliding door; a body-side bracket that is coupled to the other end portion of the electrical wire guide body and is to be attached to the vehicle body, and a lock portion that is formed on the body-side bracket and is detachably locked to a receiving portion provided on the sliding door.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yu Kimura, Yuji Kida
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Patent number: 10145401Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes a door and a trim panel. The trim panel has a mount defining an aperture with a main portion and a keyway. A clip of the assembly includes a base connected to the door, a primary retainer, and a secondary retainer. The primary retainer is configured to extend through the aperture and engage with a periphery of the main portion. The secondary retainer is configured to extend through the aperture and to freely release through the aperture when the secondary retainer is disposed in the main portion allowing the clip to disconnect from the trim panel, and is configured to engage with the mount preventing release of the clip from the trim panel when the secondary retainer is disposed in the keyway.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Diane Carole Snoeyink, Aleksandar Spasovski, Linh Doan, John Pinkerton, Bhavani Thota
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Patent number: 10119307Abstract: A vehicle handle device includes a handle base, an operation portion that is rotatably connected to the handle base, a cable device that includes an outer cable and an inner cable inserted into the outer cable and transmits operating force to a door lock device of a vehicle, a cable connection unit mounted to a tip end of the outer cable, a unit case that is provided in the cable connection unit, and a cam portion that is provided in the unit case.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventor: Koichiro Sugimoto
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Patent number: 10112516Abstract: An armrest assembly for a vehicle includes a displaceable armrest element and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly is configured for translating the displaceable armrest element between a deployed configuration and a folded configuration. The linkage assembly includes a spring-actuated pivoting over-center link configured to disengage the linkage assembly to allow the displaceable armrest element to rotate. An actuator is provided which on sensing an impact ruptures a frangible fastener holding the over-center link in a substantially parallel orientation to at least one drive link, thereby allowing the spring-actuated over-center linkage to pivot relative to the at least one drive link.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLCInventors: Srinivasan Sundararajan, Kevin Michael Pline, Derek Board, Rick Anderson, Ronald Anthony Bozio, David John McCarthy
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Patent number: 10086778Abstract: The present invention, in one or more embodiments, provides a cover assembly to detachably contact an interior trim. The cover assembly includes a cover, having along a longitudinal direction, head and tail portions and a middle portion positioned there-between. The middle portion has, along the longitudinal direction, first and second middle portions and a bridge portion positioned there-between. The first middle portion has an elevation along a transverse direction over the second middle portion via the bridge portion, where the cover is to disengage the interior trim when a pre-determined force is exerted onto the bridge portion in an exertion direction from the second middle portion toward the first middle portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Tom Xu, Damon Fu
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Patent number: 10059176Abstract: The present disclosure provides a trim panel assembly of a vehicle. The trim panel assembly includes a first member having a first surface and a second surface, and including a first assembling area, a first groove positioned on the first surface along a peripheral of the first assembling area, and a plurality of first through-holes positioned in the first groove and spaced apart from each other; and a second member including a first main body corresponding to the first assembling area, and a plurality of leg portions extending from the first main body. The plurality of the first leg portions correspond to the plurality of the first through-holes, respectively, and the plurality of the first leg portions pass through corresponding a plurality of the first through-holes, extend onto and connect to the second surface of the first member.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Xuezhi Jin, Yalin Zhang, Wei Xu, Kevin Shen