Johnson Controls Technology Company

Busch, David B.

Mark P Kadzban

Matthew A Kalis

Leif Norland

Scott Thomas Williams

Alan G Greene

Kermit M Anderson

Nels R Smith

Scott Allen Hansen

Jennifer A Werth

John L Showalter, Ii

Robert Hamelink

A roof system for a vehicle includes a panel assembly having a transparent roof panel (), a privacy panel (), and a transparent display panel (). An image generator () is configured to display an image on the display panel () and a control system operates the image generator () and actuates the privacy panel () between a transparent mode and an opaque mode. The system may also includes a perimeter trim member () having a perimeter ventilation system surrounding the panels. The transparent display panel () may also be provided with a user interface region having instruments, displays and touch-activated switches (). The system may also include ambient lighting bands () adjacent to the perimeter of the panels.

Roof system for a vehicle

An overhead rail system for a vehicle interior includes an elongated rail configured to extend at least partially along a headliner panel within the vehicle interior. A longitudinal opening extends at least partially along a length of the rail. An article has a housing and a movable panel. The movable panel is configured to provide access to an object. A holder is coupled to the article and has a catch configured to coact with the opening in the rail, so that the article is mountable to the rail proximate the headliner panel for use by occupants within the vehicle interior.

Modular system for a vehicle

A module is disclosed for storing articles in an overhead system of a vehicle. The module includes a housing to engage an elongated member positioned on an interior overhead portion of the vehicle, a closure panel coupled to the housing to provide access to a storage area within the housing, and a first pattern of connection points adapted to interface with a corresponding second pattern of connection points on a sub-module. A method of providing a sub-module for use with a module in an overhead system for a vehicle is also disclosed and includes positioning the sub-module within a storage area of the module, aligning a first pattern of connection points on the module with a second pattern of connection points on the sub-module, and coupling the sub-module to the module.

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Grandville, MI, United States of America

Mark P Kadzban