Motus Integrated Technologies

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Daimay North America Automotive Engineering Technology, Inc.

Philip Allen Lehman

Thomas Scott Hodgson

Bryan Todd Jones

Brent Donald Rockafellow

Kenneth Kreuze

Stacy G Frye

Ronald C Perry

Kirk J Olep

Stacy Grant Frye

Kevin Andrew Still

Todd Zandbergen

Vincent J Boraas, Jr

A method of manufacturing a cover layer for a vehicle interior component includes forming a mold cavity via a first surface and a second surface spaced apart from one another by a distance. The first surface is configured to form a show surface of the cover layer, the second surface is configured to form a rear surface of the cover layer, and the distance is less than or equal to 1 mm. The method of manufacturing the cover layer also includes heating the first surface and/or the second surface, and flowing liquid polyvinyl chloride into the mold cavity to form the cover layer.

Polyvinyl chloride cover layer for a vehicle interior component

A vehicle interior component includes a foam layer having a contact surface. The vehicle interior component also includes a cover layer having a contact surface and a show surface. The show surface is configured to face an interior of a vehicle, the contact surface of the cover layer is positioned on an opposite side of the cover layer from the show surface, and the contact surface of the cover layer is in direct contact with the contact surface of the foam layer. In addition, multiple recesses are formed within at least one of the contact surface of the foam layer and the contact surface of the cover layer, each recess establishes a gap between the contact surface of the foam layer and the contact surface of the cover layer at the recess, and the recesses are configured to accommodate gas emitted by the foam layer and/or the cover layer.

Vehicle interior component having a cover layer in contact with a foam layer

A lighting assembly for a vehicle interior includes an electrically conductive connector configured to couple to a circuit board and to electrically couple to a light-emitting diode (LED). The electrically conductive connector is configured to interface with a fuse bulb connector of a fuse bulb mount to couple the lighting assembly to the fuse bulb mount and to electrically couple the LED to the fuse bulb connector, and the electrically conductive connector comprises an interface configured to couple an electrical conductor, separate from the fuse bulb connector, to the electrically conductive connector.

Lighting assembly for a vehicle interior

A rotation system for a vehicle sun visor that includes a rod coupled to the vehicle sun visor, wherein the rod is configured to couple to a vehicle to support the vehicle sun visor within an interior of the vehicle, and the rod is configured to facilitate rotation of the vehicle sun visor about the rod. The rotation system also includes a contact element non-rotatably coupled to the rod. The rotation system further includes a biasing element configured to urge a contact surface against the contact element to control rotation of the vehicle sun visor about the rod.

Rotation system for a vehicle sun visor

A vehicle sun visor assembly includes a sun visor body and an electrical system. The electrical system includes a power source tray configured to receive a power source. The sun visor body includes a mounting feature configured to couple the power source tray to the sun visor body and to facilitate removal of the power source tray from the sun visor body. In addition, the electrical system includes at least one electrical contact coupled to the sun visor body and configured to establish an electrical connection with the power source while the power source tray is engaged with the mounting feature.

Vehicle sun visor assembly having an electrical system

This invention relates to a vehicle visor, comprising a visor pivot rod, a carrier on the visor pivot rod, a spring mechanism inside the carrier, and an open channel with a first end and a second end, wherein at least a portion of the carrier extends into the interior.

Channel for slide-on-rod visors

A visor assembly includes a visor body, a support rod, and a slide mechanism coupled to the visor body that slidably engages the support rod. The slide mechanism includes a slide member having a plurality of extensions that are biased toward the support rod.

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West Olive, MI, United States of America

Philip Allen Lehman