Mounting a microphone on a vehicle headliner
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsDavis Y. Pan, Bradford Kyle Subat
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Abstract
A headliner assembly for a vehicle includes a headliner and a microphone. The headliner is configured for attachment to the vehicle such that the headliner separates a passenger cabin of the vehicle from a roof panel of the vehicle and such that a first surface of the headliner faces the roof panel, and an opposite, second surface of the headliner faces the passenger cabin. The microphone is mounted along the second surface of the headliner such that, when installed in the vehicle, the headliner is disposed between the microphone and the roof panel.
Claims21
A headliner assembly for a vehicle, the headliner assembly comprising:
- a headliner configured for attachment to the vehicle such that the headliner separates a passenger cabin of the vehicle from a roof panel of the vehicle and such that a first surface of the headliner faces the roof panel, and an opposite, second surface of the headliner faces the passenger cabin;
- and
- a microphone,
- wherein the microphone is mounted along the second surface of the headliner such that, when installed in the vehicle, the headliner is disposed between the microphone and the roof panel.
A method comprising:
- piercing holes in a vehicle headliner by passing contact pins into a first surface of the vehicle headliner, and through the vehicle headliner, such that portions of the contact pins extend beyond an opposite, second surface of the vehicle headliner, the first surface of the vehicle headliner being configured to face a roof panel of a vehicle, and the opposite, second surface of the headliner being configured to face a passenger cabin of the vehicle;
- and
- securing a microphone to the second surface of the vehicle headliner by connecting electrical contacts, which are attached to the microphone, to the portions of the contact pins which extend beyond the second surface of the vehicle headliner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.