Headliner assembly for a motor vehicle

• US 9,676,345 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2014
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Huelke, David, Linson, Phil Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Dayoan, Glenn
• Assistant Examiner(s): BLACK, MELISSA ANN
• Application Number:
  US14/472,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20160059796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0206 Arrangements of fasteners and clips specially adapted for attaching inner vehicle liners or mouldings devices for fastening or securing F16B
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0212 Roof or head liners movable head-liners B60J7/0007

Abstract

A headliner assembly for a motor vehicle includes a headliner and at least one dual shaft push pin for securing the headliner as well as at least one magnet fastener for securing the headliner to the body of the vehicle that cooperates with the dual shaft push pin.

Claims

1. A headliner assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a headliner;

at least one dual shaft push pin securing said headliner to a body of said vehicle, wherein said at least one dual shaft push pin includes a head, a first cylindrical shaft and a second cylindrical shaft and wherein said first shaft and said second shaft include ribbing; and

at least one magnet fastener securing said headliner to said body of said vehicle, wherein said at least one magnet fastener includes a base, a cup and a magnet.

2. The headliner assembly of claim 1, wherein said first and second shafts are parallel and project in a same direction from said head.

3. The headliner assembly of claim 2, wherein said at least one dual shaft push pin is made from nylon.

4. The headliner assembly of claim 1, wherein said cup is made from a ferromagnetic metal material.

5. A method of securing a headliner to a body of a motor vehicle, wherein said body includes a roof rail, comprising:

positioning said headliner relative to said body;

securing said headliner to said body by inserting a ribbed dual cylindrical shaft push pin through said headliner into said roof rail adjacent a B-pillar of said vehicle; and

maintaining said headliner in a seated position along an interior surface of a roof panel of a motor vehicle by means of said dual cylindrical shaft push pin in event of a side air canopy deployment from said B-pillar.

6. The method of claim 5, including further securing said headliner to the roof of the motor vehicle with a magnet fastener.

7. A headliner assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a headliner;

at least one dual shaft push pin securing said headliner to a body of said vehicle, wherein said at least one dual shaft push pin includes a head, a first cylindrical shaft and a second cylindrical shaft and wherein said first shaft and said second shaft include textured ribbing; and

at least one magnet fastener securing said headliner to said body of said vehicle, wherein said at least one magnet fastener includes a carrier and an annularly-shaped magnet.

8. The headliner assembly of claim 7, wherein the carrier includes a unitary base, a magnet support, a stem and an integral fastener on said stem.

9. The headliner assembly of claim 8, wherein the magnet fastener includes a cup having a central aperture such that the stem of the carrier extends through to completely fill said central aperture.

10. The headliner assembly of claim 9, wherein the magnet support comprises a bowl-shaped cavity having a contour matching an outer wall of the cup that is received and held in said cavity.

11. The headliner assembly of claim 10, wherein said integral fastener captures the cup on the stem to prevent any movement between the cup and the carrier.

12. The headliner assembly of claim 11, wherein said magnet includes an opening, such that when the magnet is mounted within the cavity of the cup said opening is received around the integral fastener of the carrier.