Headliner system and method

US11220226B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul Alan Forgette · Berlin Township, US
• Amy M. Boardman · Garden City, US
• John Andrew Stakoe · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Anna Miller Hill · Belleville, US
• Robert Ralph Armitage · Howell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/23308
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A headliner system includes a plurality of segments connected together and outlining a central opening and a central section received in the central opening. The central section is selected from a group of central sections consisting of a multisection panel incorporating an overhead airbag grid system, a panel incorporating a fold down display panel and a panel incorporating a pull down divider.