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AssigneeUT Automotive Dearborn, Inc.
InventorsH. Winston Maue, George A. Wooldridge
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An integrated interior trim and electrical assembly for use in an automotive vehicle includes an integrated electrical junction box and an interior trim panel. The interior trim panel has a generally rigid substrate covered by an aesthetically pleasing covering material. The junction box includes a flexible printed circuit board, a rigid printed circuit board, a busbar and insulator assembly, and a conductive deposited trace. The integrated interior trim and electrical assembly employs a sheet-like electrically conductive circuit layer which distributes electricity between a switch and an electricity activated device. A sheet-like electrically conductive layer is partially external from and partially disposed inside of an electrical junction box wherein it is electrically connected to one or more of the other circuit layers also contained within the junction box. Portions of the sheet-like electrically conductive layer external to the junction box are also suitable for integration with a series of occupant operable switches. Another aspect of the present invention employs a conductive elastomeric pad between internal circuit layers. A portion of an electrical junction box is molded within an interior trim panel substrate. Integrated interior trim and electrical assembly, a sheet-like electrically conductive layer is formed and affixed within an interior trim panel.
An integrated assembly for use in an automotive vehicle comprising:
An integrated assembly for use in an automotive vehicle comprising:
An integrated assembly for use in an automotive vehicle comprising an automotive vehicle interior trim panel having a substrate and an aesthetically pleasing covering material, a flexible sheet-like electrically conductive layer being formed within and directly affixed to said interior trim panel.
An integrated assembly for use in an automotive vehicle comprising an automotive vehicle interior door trim panel having a substantially rigid substrate and an aesthetically pleasing covering material, a junction box being mounted directly to said substrate, said junction box including electrically conductive circuit means for distributing electricity from an input lead to at least two output leads, said leads being electrically connected to said junction box through separate electrical connectors.
An integrated assembly for use in an automotive vehicle comprising an automotive vehicle interior trim panel having a substantially rigid polymeric substrate and an aesthetically pleasing covering material, at least a portion of a junction box being molded into and directly affixed to said substrate.
An integrated assembly for use in an automotive vehicle comprising:
An automotive vehicle junction box comprising:
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