Modular headliner with self-aligning lamp

Details Modular headliner with self-aligning lamp Modular headliner with self-aligning lamp

1998-10-07

2000-07-25

Spyrou, Cassandra

Illumination

Supported by vehicle structure

Automobile

362488, 362493, B60Q 100

Patent

active

060929162

ABSTRACT:
A modular headliner includes a central lamp component with an upper and lower lamp components. The upper and lower lamp components snap together on each side of the headliner. This allows the lamp to be mounted into the vehicle with the lamp already assembled. The upper lamp component is provided with a pair of spaced adhesive tape strips. The adhesive tape strips wet out on a support surface in the vehicle ceiling, securing the upper component to the vehicle ceiling. In this way, there is no complex alignment necessary between the components of the lamp and structure on the vehicle ceiling. Instead, the upper component of the lamp merely attaches itself to the ceiling wherever it may be in the individual vehicle, utilizing the individual headliner. Further, the lower component is attached to the upper component through a yieldable connection. In this way, the lower component can be removed from the upper component after the headliner has been assembled into the vehicle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4893867 (1990-01-01), Hilborn et al.
patent: 5039853 (1991-08-01), Blake et al.
patent: 5649436 (1997-07-01), Davidge
patent: 5944414 (1999-09-01), Nishitani

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