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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Alan Forgette, Brownstown, MI (US);
Carlos Ernesto Saenz, Calimaya, MX;
John Andrew Stakoe, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jason Baughman, Belleville, MI (US);
Katherine Ann Arnold, Taylor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/208 (2017.01); B60Q 3/51 (2017.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B29C 43/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/208 (2017.02); B29C 43/146 (2013.01); B60Q 3/51 (2017.02); B60R 13/0231 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A headliner for a vehicle includes a substrate that attaches to, and covers a roof panel, the substrate defining a groove on a first side formed around an entirety of a periphery of an area of the roof panel, wherein the groove is continuous around the periphery. A light emitting material is disposed within the groove formed in the substrate and is uninterrupted around the periphery within the groove.