Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Sarah Jennifer Huth

Ryan W Van Voorhis

Andrew Edward Barrow

Shirena Takai

Marek Myszkowski

Rachel E Canepa

Jason R Dilley

Shinichi Yamase

Brian D Large

Prakalp Arun Satvilkar

Larry Gene Hughes, Jr

Eric Ma

John Michael Schermerhorn

Aruna Kumara

Sean M Gavin

Ramesh Gangarangaiah

An illuminated speaker panel assembly with an integrated audio seal is described. In one embodiment, an illuminated speaker panel assembly for a vehicle includes a speaker configured to mount to a door body of a vehicle and a base panel component configured to attach to the door body over the speaker. The base panel component includes a speaker frame aligned with an outer periphery of the speaker. The speaker frame includes an outer sealing wall, an inner retention wall, and a channel disposed between the outer sealing wall and the inner retention wall. A lighting member is disposed within the channel of the speaker frame such that the lighting member is configured to extend substantially along the outer periphery of the speaker.

Illuminated speaker panel assembly with integrated audio seal

A storage system can be located at a front end of a vehicle's rear cargo space. The vehicle can include a rear opening at the rear end of the cargo space and a closure selectively opening and closing the rear opening. The storage system can include a front panel located at the front end of the rear cargo space and a lid. The front panel can include an outer surface facing the rear cargo space and a storage space recessed from the outer surface. The lid can be selectively placed in a closed state and an opened state with respect to the front panel such that the lid conceals the storage space from the rear cargo space when the lid is in the closed state, and the storage space is opened to the rear cargo space when the lid is in opened state.

Storage system for a vehicle and interior compartment of a vehicle having same

A vehicle includes a cargo area side panel assembly including a first panel and a second panel coupled to the first panel such that the first panel and the second panel cooperate to define a channel. The channel is defined by an upper wall, a lower wall, and a sidewall extending therebetween. The vehicle also includes a cargo cover assembly moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the cargo cover assembly comprises an engagement mechanism configured to engage said channel.

Cargo area side panel assembly for a vehicle

A sunshade assembly for a vehicle door includes a housing including a storage portion configured to support a retractor for a sunshade, and a guide portion configured to guide the sunshade into and out of the storage portion. The guide portion includes a first wall and a second wall extended from the storage portion. The first wall and the second wall together define an elongated first opening for extension of the sunshade from the retractor. A sunshade garnish includes a base wall having an elongated second opening aligned with the first opening. A mounting flange depending from the base wall flanks the first wall and is directly connected to an outer surface of the storage portion. A weather-strip support covered by the sunshade garnish includes a mounting tab flanking the second wall and directly connected to the outer surface of the storage portion.

Vehicle sunshade assembly

This disclosure provides a door lining upper base and a method of manufacturing the door lining upper base through injection molding of several sub-components. The door lining upper base is manufactured by separately injection molding a base substrate that forms the structural shape of the door lining upper base including aesthetic curvature, and first and second support structures that include attachment mechanism for connecting the door lining upper base to other aspects of the motor vehicle. In this way, each sub-component may be injection molded in a cost effective manner using a two-piece mold without the need for complex multi-part molds including side-sliders or lifters. The resulting door lining upper base therefore includes an aesthetic curvature, while still being manufactured in an efficient and cost effective manner.

Door lining upper base and method of manufacture

A modular side lining forming a portion of an interior surface of a motor vehicle includes a first lining member having a recessed portion, a side portion, and an upper surface portion, a second lining member, and a rear stiffener defining a rear edge of the recessed portion of the first lining member. The second lining member includes one of a plurality of bins configured to be received in the recessed portion of the first lining member and one of a plurality of lids covering a portion of the bin and forming a side surface of the modular side lining with the side portion of the first lining member. The combination of bins and lids may be selected based upon a plurality of different functional configurations.

Modular side lining

A method and a vehicle carpeting system includes a floor pan that includes a forward end, an opposing aft end, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and a floor pan body extending therebetween. An A-pillar is formed along the first lateral side and the second lateral side of the floor pan, a B-pillar is formed along the first lateral side and the second lateral side of the floor pan aft of the A-pillar. A ductway extends along the first lateral side from the A-pillar past the B-pillar. The vehicle carpeting system also includes a carpet structure at least partially covering the floor pan and extending from the first lateral side to the second lateral side. The vehicle carpeting system further includes a door seal that includes a lip that extends over a lateral side of the carpet structure.

Vehicle carpet systems and methods of installing same

A roof liner stiffener includes a rail and a first guide member. The rail is configured for attachment to a roof liner of a vehicle and includes a web and a plurality of ribs integral with the web. The first guide member is configured to support a first portion of an electrical wiring harness of a vehicle. The rail and the first guide member are integrally formed from a thermoplastic material as a unitary structure. The first guide member includes a first base and an elongate arm integral with, and extending away from, the first base. The elongate arm of the first guide member is bendable relative to the first base of the first guide member. Roof liner assemblies and vehicles are also provided.

Roof liner stiffener for a vehicle

An assembly for a vehicle includes a garnish including a base section, an outer wall projecting away from the base section, and a tab projecting away from at least one of the base section and the outer wall. The tab includes a seal attachment section spaced from the outer wall. The assembly further includes a seal including a base portion, having an interior section, an exterior section and an interconnecting section connecting the interior section and the exterior section. The seal mounts to the garnish by receiving the seal attachment section between the interior section and the exterior section of the base.

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Dublin, OH, United States of America

Sarah Jennifer Huth