Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Pablo Isaac Villalva Sanchez

Diego Fabricio Villacres Mesias

Jorge Adolfo Miranda Nieto

Steffen Schoenfuss

John Quintin White

William Henry Dean

Richard Alan Kreder

Peter Nicholas Kalergis

Guillermo Cesar Cervantes Guarneros

Gregory Pfirman

Luis Alfredo Servin Garduno

Rosa Elia Vazquez Valdez

Guillermo Cesar Cervantes Guaraneros

Lemuel Enrique Herrera Covarrubias

Josue David Mayren Hernandez

Karina Isela Bravo Zarate

A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a trim panel supported by the vehicle body. An airbag is between the trim panel and the vehicle body. The trim panel includes a back side facing the vehicle body. The trim panel includes a base portion and a distal portion. The trim panel includes a weakened area between the base portion and the distal portion on the back side. An elastomeric member is connected to the back side at the base portion and the distal portion. The elastomeric member extends across the weakened area from the base portion to the distal portion.

Vehicle interior trim panel assembly

A footwell assembly for a vehicle is disclosed herein. The footwell assembly includes a receiving member that defines a recess configured to receive a stowed foot pedal. A cover feature includes a connecting member that is removably coupled to the receiving member and a cover member that is coupled to the connecting member. The cover member is operable to move relative to the connecting member from a first position to a second concealment position to cover the stowed foot pedal.

Vehicle foot pedal stowage and concealment system

An assembly includes a floor, a vehicle pedal disposed above the floor, and a cover. The cover is rotatably connected to the floor. The cover is rotatable relative to the floor from a closed position in which the cover is disposed above the vehicle pedal to an open position in which the vehicle pedal is disposed above the cover.

Vehicle pedal cover

A vehicle headliner assembly includes a roof structure having an electromagnet disposed thereon. The vehicle headliner assembly further includes a headliner having at least one permanent magnet disposed thereon. The headliner is secured to the roof structure such that the permanent magnet is adjacent and opposite the electromagnet of the roof structure. The vehicle headliner assembly further includes a controller configured to energize the electromagnet to generate an electromagnetic field to attract or repel the permanent magnet of the headliner relative to the electromagnet.

Dynamically suspended headliner

A sliding mechanism a first part and a second part adapted for sliding translation within the first part. A guide rib structure is included on the first part to constrain a lateral motion of the second part, including one or more ribs each defining at least one inclined plane. The guide rib structure may be a continuous rib member defining a sinusoidal or trapezoidal wave pattern, or may include a plurality of ribs each defining an inclined plane.

Guide rib structure for sliding mechanism

A sliding mechanism includes a first part and a second part adapted for sliding translation within the first part. A bracket attached to the first part includes a bracket guide rib structure for constraining a lateral motion of the second part, including a rib defining an unbroken interface surface for the second part. The bracket guide rib structure may include a continuous rib member defining a continuous a continuous planar slider interface surface, a sinusoidal wave pattern, or a trapezoidal wave pattern. The sinusoidal wave pattern and the trapezoidal wave pattern may include a plurality of waves having a same or a different wave frequency.

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Pablo Isaac Villalva Sanchez