The disclosure relates to a system for adapting at least one component of a vehicle. The vehicle component is operatively connected to an active material or formed from the active material. The active material is capable of changing at least one property in response to an activation signal. The activation signal is determined by at least one biometric variable of a vehicle occupant. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for adapting a component of a vehicle.

A glass element is manufactured by a deep-drawing process with a plurality of surface regions marked by corresponding structure elements in the glass element such that they can be haptically sensed. A respective operator control input can be made by touching the surface regions.

A smart functional vehicle component includes a vehicle component, a leather sheet fixed over a surface of the vehicle component, a flexible electronic circuit contacting an A-surface of the leather sheet and including a printed and cured conductive ink, a light source that emits light when electrical power is supplied to the light source, the light source being electrically connected to the circuit, and a pigmented coating arranged over the electronic circuit and over the light source. The pigmented coating inhibits or prevents the circuit and the light source form being visible through the pigmented coating. Light emitted by the light source is visible through the pigmented coating. Light emitted by the light source provides visual indicators that convey information to a vehicle occupant.

A leather material suitable for being attached to a touch display panel such as a vehicle dashboard is provided. The leather material includes a foam layer and a fabric layer. The foam layer is foamed to provide a leather feel. The fabric layer is disposed on the foam layer, and the fabric layer is color-matched and embossed to present a leather pattern. Base materials of the foam layer and the fabric layer are both at least one material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU), and polyolefin (PO). The leather material in entirety has a visible light transmittance of between 40% and 70% and has a resistivity of not less than 10.sup.10 ?cm. A vehicle dashboard composite structure is also provided.

The present invention relates to an in-vehicle display device in which a cover member (2), a display panel (3), and a bottom member (5) that is configured to be fixed to a vehicle are stacked in this order. The bottom member (5) has a plate portion, a rib, and at least two fixing points. The ratio YH/YH.sub.cg of YH to YH.sub.cg, which indicate specific distances, is not more than 0.5. When a specific virtual line that passes through a specific reference point and the bottom member (5) is defined as D and n is defined as an integer of two or greater, disposed on the virtual line are members up to an n-th layer, where the cover member (2) is a first layer and the bottom member (5) is excluded, and a specific Formula (1) is satisfied.

The present invention relates to an in-vehicle display device in which a cover member (2), a display panel (3), and a bottom member (5) that is configured to be fixed to a vehicle are stacked in this order. The bottom member (5) has a plate portion, a rib, and at least two fixing points. The ratio YH/YH.sub.cg of YH to YH.sub.cg, which indicate specific distances, is not more than 0.5. When a specific virtual line that passes through a specific reference point and the bottom member (5) is defined as D and n is defined as an integer of two or greater, disposed on the virtual line are members up to an n-th layer, where the cover member (2) is a first layer and the bottom member (5) is excluded, and a specific Formula (1) is satisfied.

A vibration apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a vibration generating part, and a vibration transfer part coupled to the vibration generating part, the vibration transfer part including a plurality of vibration transfer members spaced apart from one another. Each of the plurality of vibration transfer members is configured to convert an in-plane vibration mode of the vibration generating part into an out-plane vibration mode.

A vibration apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a vibration generating part, and a vibration transfer part coupled to the vibration generating part, the vibration transfer part including a plurality of vibration transfer members spaced apart from one another. Each of the plurality of vibration transfer members is configured to convert an in-plane vibration mode of the vibration generating part into an out-plane vibration mode.

A vehicle instrument panel, includes: a base material extending in a vehicle width direction, at a front part of a vehicle cabin interior of a vehicle; a skin provided with a pair of skin materials, each of the skin materials having an end part thereof joined together at a skin joining part, and the skin forming a design face at the vehicle cabin interior, and a cushion part provided between the base material and the skin and formed of a foamed resin. The base material is provided with a rib at a position facing the skin joining part of the skin.

The present invention relates to a plate with a printed layer, including a plate having a bent portion, a lower printed layer, and an upper printed layer provided at a portion of the lower printed layer, in which at least a portion of the lower printed layer is provided at a position corresponding to the bent portion on a main surface of the plate.