Overhead console for a vehicle

USRE40617E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Adam J. Canni · Fruit Cove, US
• Scott Shields · Auburn Hills, US
• Clifford Krapfl · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2009
• Expiry date: Jan 15, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

An overhead console assembly for a vehicle includes accessory module compartments selectively positioned and removably secured to the overhead console for storing materials within the compartments. The overhead console includes a first console housing disposed to an miner surface of a structural member of a headliner assembly on a roofline of a vehicle, a second console housing disposed on the structural member of the headliner spaced apart from the first console housing and a center console housing disposed between the first and second console housings. At least one accessory module is removably secured to the center console housing. The at least one accessory module includes a housing, a storage area defined within the housing to retain materials stored within, and at least one securing member coupling the at least one module to a securement surface provided on the center console housing.