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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1988
James D Dowd, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David M Hilborn, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Roy Weilant, Clarkston, MI (US);
Abdolhossein R Lawassani, Pontiac, MI (US);
United Technologies Automotive, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A modular headliner subassembly incorporating a substrate defining a first opening, a retainer ring sized to be mounted relative to the first opening, a console sized to fit partially within the opening and be mounted to the retainer ring, a pair of inboard sunshade supports for supporting the inboard end of the sunshades mounted to a modular headliner and retention clips mounted to the inboard sunshade support fastening means such that the substrate and retaining ring are secured between the base of the inboard sunshade support and the retention clip to mount the inboard sunshade support to the substrate prior to assembly of the modular headliner to the motor vehicle.