Vehicular header console system
AssigneeDonnelly Corporation
InventorsKenneth Schofield, Niall R. Lynam
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Abstract
An improved header console system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle including a header console assembly, with a headliner portion disposed at the roof of the interior cabin of the vehicle and a windshield portion extending from the headliner, with the windshield portion provided at the windshield. In addition, the windshield portion includes at least one vehicle accessory.
Claims60
An improved header console system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle, the interior cabin having a roof and a windshield, said header console system comprising:
- a header console assembly;
- separately, an interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror casing;
- said header console assembly including a headliner portion disposed at the roof of the interior cabin of the vehicle;
- said header console assembly further including a windshield portion extending from said headliner portion, said windshield portion of said header console assembly having at least a portion disposed rearward of said mirror casing when said interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle;
- said interior rearview mirror assembly detachably attaching to a mirror attachment member, said mirror attachment member located at said windshield portion or at the windshield of the vehicle;
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- said windshield portion of said header console assembly including at least one vehicle accessory.
An improved header console system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle, the interior cabin having a roof and a windshield, said header console system comprising:
- a header console assembly;
- said header console assembly including a headliner portion disposed at the roof of the interior cabin of the vehicle;
- said header console assembly further including a windshield portion extending from said headliner portion, said windshield potion provided at said windshield and extending along the inner surface of the windshield, said windshield portion contacting the inner surface of the windshield or being set off from the inner surface of the windshield;
- a mirror attachment member mounted at the windshield;
- separately, an interior rearview mirror assembly detachably attaching at said mirror attachment member, said interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror casing and a support, said mirror casing housing a reflective element and being pivotally adjustable about said support;
- wherein at least a potion of said windshield portion of said header console assembly is disposed rearward of said mirror casing when said header console system and interior rearview mirror are mounted in a vehicle;
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- said windshield portion including at least one vehicle accessory chosen from (a) a component of a tire pressure monitoring system, (b) a user actuatable device, (c) a component of a garage door opener system, (d) a component of a trip computer, (e) a component of an electronic toll collection system, (f) a component of a sound system, (g) a component of a cellular phone system, (h) a component of a telematic system, (i) a component of a roadside assistance system, (j) an antenna, (k) a sensor, (l) an image capturing device, (m) a light, (n) a speaker, (o) a microphone, (p) a component of a seat occupancy detector system, (q) a component of an air bag system, and (r) a display.
The improved header console system according to wherein said image capturing device captures images for a forward park-aid system.
An improved header console system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle, the interior cabin having a roof and a windshield, said header console system comprising:
- a header console assembly;
- said header console assembly including a headliner portion disposed at the roof the interior cabin of the vehicle;
- said header console assembly including a windshield portion extending from said headliner portion, said windshield portion provided at said windshield;
- separately, an interior rearview mirror assembly, said interior rearview minor assembly including a mirror casing, at least a portion of said windshield portion of said header console assembly disposed rearward of said mirror casing when said header console system is mounted in the interior cabin of the vehicle;
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- wherein said windshield portion of said header console assembly provides additional storage space for mounting one or more accessories at or adjacent the windshield but external to said minor casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.