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US 11,787,351 B2Granted
Hidden audio assembly
AssigneeHarman International Industries, Incorporated
InventorSullivan Do
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Abstract
Methods and systems for a vehicle headliner is provided. In one example, the headliner is a layered assembly, including a base substrate layer and a skin and is configured with a bracket inserted into the base substrate layer. The bracket has a top plate co-planar with a first surface of the base substrate layer and a continuous wall coupled to the top plate. The bracket is positioned in the base substrate layer such that the base substrate layer does not protrude into the skin.
Claims20
A headliner for a vehicle, comprising:
- a layered assembly, including a base substrate layer and a skin;
- and
- a bracket inserted into the base substrate layer, the bracket having a central cavity, a top plate co-planar with a first surface of the base substrate layer, and a continuous wall coupled to the top plate and extending perpendicularly away from the top plate, wherein the top plate comprises an outer extension, wherein the outer extension is an overhang of the top plate that extends along an x-z plane beyond a length and a width of the central cavity along all sides of the top plate, and wherein the top plate of the bracket is covered by the skin and does not protrude into the skin.
A headliner assembly, comprising:
- a plate recessed into a base substrate layer of the headliner assembly and covered by a skin along a top of the plate and wherein an outline of the plate is undetectable by sight or touch along an outer surface of the skin facing into a vehicle cabin,
- wherein the plate is co-planar with a first surface of the base substrate layer,
- wherein a continuous wall coupled to the plate extends perpendicularly away from the plate,
- wherein the plate comprises an outer extension,
- wherein the outer extension is an overhang of the plate that extends along an x-z plane along all sides of the top, and
- wherein the plate does not protrude into the skin.
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A headliner assembly for a vehicle cabin, comprising:
- a bracket embedded in a base substrate layer of the headliner assembly, the bracket configured to house an audio assembly, and the bracket having a central cavity;
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- a skin covering an end of the bracket facing the vehicle cabin, wherein an embedding of the bracket within the base substrate layer enables an outline of the bracket to be invisible at the skin,
- wherein a plate of the bracket is co-planar with a first surface of the base substrate layer,
- wherein a continuous wall coupled to the plate extends perpendicularly away from the plate,
- wherein the plate comprises an outer extension,
- wherein the outer extension is an overhang of the plate that extends along an x-z plane beyond a length and a width of the central cavity along all sides of the plate, and
- wherein the plate of the bracket is covered by the skin and does not protrude into the skin.
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