Vehicle console assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSatyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Wei Xu, Justin Aymen, Tyler Kramer, Linh Doan
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Abstract
A vehicle overhead console is provided herein. The vehicle overhead console includes a housing having a locator and a retainer tower extending vertically above the housing. The retainer tower has a rib. A bracket is configured to couple to a vehicle headliner and defines a channel. The channel includes a central channel and a plurality of transverse slots and the tower is disposed within the central channel and the rib is disposed within the transverse channel.
Claims20
A vehicle overhead console, comprising:
- a housing having a locator and a retainer tower extending vertically above the housing, the retainer tower having a rib;
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- a bracket configured to couple to a vehicle headliner and defining a channel, wherein the channel includes a central channel and a plurality of transverse slots and the retainer tower is disposed within the central channel and the rib is disposed within one of the transverse slots.
An overhead console for a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing having a locator and a retainer tower;
- a bracket configured to couple to a vehicle headliner and defining a channel, wherein the retainer tower has a width that is less than a width the channel;
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- a support member operably coupled with the vehicle headliner, wherein the locator includes an upper section disposed above the support member and a lower section disposed below the vehicle headliner.
A vehicle overhead console, comprising:
- a housing having a retainer tower extending vertically above the housing, the retainer tower having a rib;
- a locating tab extending from the retainer tower;
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- a bracket configured to couple to a vehicle headliner and defining a channel and a transverse slot, wherein the channel has a length longer than a length of the retainer tower and the rib having a width less than a width of the transverse slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.