At Or On Roof Or Rooflike Panel Patents (Class 296/37.7)
  • Sliding console system
    Patent number: 6203088
    Abstract: A sliding console system for a motor vehicle in which one or more console bodies are provided with a track for movement of the console body longitudinally within the motor vehicle. Multiple console bodies can be provided and each adjusted in position in the vehicle independent of one another. An elongated electrical cable or sliding contacts in the track can be utilized to provide electrical power to one or more electrical devices contained in the console bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company'
    Inventors: Carlos C. Fernandez, Daniel J. Koester
  • Angle/direction adjustable display device
    Patent number: 6186459
    Abstract: An angle/direction adjustable display device includes a rotary mount fixedly mounted on a support wall and rotated on an axis, a display holder frame having a fixed end pivoted to the rotary mount and a free end terminating in a coupling portion, and a video display device pivoted to the coupling portion at the free end of the display holder frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Inventor: His-Kuang Ma
  • Vehicle soft console with interchangeable accessory bins and in-molded skin and fastener
    Patent number: 6176536
    Abstract: A console and method of installing a console for a motor vehicle or the like including a passenger cabin. The console includes an accessory module for use by occupants of the vehicle and has a housing with fasteners adapted to mount the console within the vehicle cabin. A chamber having an open side is formed in the console and receives an accessory module. At least a portion of the housing comprises an expanded polymeric material, preferably expended polypropylene, to provide a soft surface within the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Lear Donnelly Overhead Systems L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dean T. Miller, Douglas A. Fischer, Douglas C. Miller, Mark R. Litke