Vehicle microphone assembly in trim panel
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsChi Li, Sara E. Veyo, Justin Lee Healy, Adam W. Hellar
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Abstract
A vehicle trim and microphone assembly includes a headliner having a substrate, a foam layer, and a surface cover covering the substrate and foam layer. The substrate has a hole that is covered by the surface cover. A bracket is secured to the substrate and a microphone installed in the bracket so that acoustic sound waves pass through the surface cover within the hole to be detected by the microphone.
Claims20
A vehicle trim panel and microphone assembly comprising:
- a supportive substrate having a hole extending therethrough;
- a surface cover covering a surface of the substrate and the hole;
- a bracket connected to the substrate;
- and
- a microphone assembled to the bracket to detect sound waves passing through the surface cover within the hole, wherein the microphone does not extend beyond the surface of the substrate surface and is covered by the surface cover.
A vehicle headliner and microphone assembly comprising:
- a supportive substrate having a hole extending therethrough;
- a surface cover covering a surface of the substrate and the hole;
- a bracket connected to the substrate;
- and
- a microphone assembled to the bracket to detect sound waves passing through the surface cover within the hole, wherein the microphone does not extend beyond the substrate surface and is covered by the surface cover.
A method of assembling a microphone in a vehicle trim panel comprising:
- providing a trim panel having a supportive substrate and a surface cover which covers a surface of the substrate;
- forming a hole in the substrate such that the hole is covered by the surface cover;
- connecting a bracket to the substrate proximate to the hole;
- and
- assembling a microphone to the bracket so that the microphone detects sound waves passing through the surface cover, wherein the microphone does not extend beyond the surface of the substrate and is covered by the surface cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.