Lear Corporation

Bret Comstock

John Marstan Tiesler

Mohamad Zeidan

Shu-Hsiung Chou

Jonathan Zamora

Mohammed Alawadi

Ali Charara

An FFC-connection assembly includes an electrical component for a motor vehicle having an electrical tracing, at least one access window, a molded flange, and at least one hook. An FFC lies over the electrical tracing, mates the electrical tracing through the access window, and has a skived end at point of contact through the access window. The hook holds the FFC in place. The molded flange folds over onto the electrical component, is held down by a snap, and includes at least one depression rib so as to apply pressure against the FFC and the electrical tracing.

FFC-connection assembly

A method of forming a headliner includes overlaying a cover material onto a multi-layer substrate and at least partially separating the cover material from the substrate during the overlaying. The cover material is clamped separately from the substrate. The overlayed cover material and substrate are then transported into a mold. The substrate is unclamped while the cover material remains clamped, and the cover material and substrate are molded together to form the headliner.

Shuttle system for manufacturing vehicle headliners

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

Bret Comstock