An upholstery mounting system includes a support structure and a covering member. The system also includes a bracket that is fixed to the support structure. The bracket is flexible to move between a first position and a second position relative to the support structure. Also, the upholstery mounting system includes a boss that is fixed to the covering member. The boss, in a detached position is outside an opening of the bracket. The boss, in an attached position, is received in the opening and is removably attached to the bracket to attach the covering member to the support structure with the covering member extending over and covering at least part of the support structure. The boss is configured to flex the bracket between the first position and the second position as the boss moves from the detached position to the attached position.

A modular side lining for a motor vehicle includes a fastener, a first lining member including a first surface along an edge of the first lining member and at least one receiver for receiving the fastener, and a second lining member including a second surface along an edge of the second lining member. The second surface abuts the first surface to form a split line, and an extension extending from the second surface has at least one hole for receiving the fastener.

A vehicle panel assembly comprises a trim assembly, a light and a sensor. The trim assembly defines a recessed storage area. The light is disposed on the trim assembly and configured to emit visible light toward the recessed storage area. The sensor is disposed on the trim assembly proximate to the recessed storage area and configured to activate the light to emit the visible light upon the sensor sensing a presence of an object entering an area proximate to the sensor that includes the recessed storage area.

A lining part, in particular for the interior of a motor vehicle, has a base body which is formed of a wood material. Slip-prevention elements which have a higher adhesion force than the surface of the base body are located on the surface of the base body.

An arrangement for opening and closing an opening in a covering surface of an interior trim piece in a vehicle by means of an adjustable cover element in the form of a flat element. The cover element is movably mounted on a frame element that is connected to the interior trim piece. A rotational or pivoting movement of two pivoted levers that are pivotably mounted in bearing cheeks of the frame element is converted into a translational movement of the cover element. The cover element is urged into a defined path by a shaft penetrating bearing blocks of the cover element and by two toothed wheels which are located at the free ends of the shaft and each of which meshes with a first rack located on the bearing cheek.

An airbag system for a vehicle includes a trim component having an A-side configured to face into a passenger compartment of the vehicle toward a vehicle seat and a B-side configured to face away from the passenger compartment. A base plate has a cavity disposed therein and is configured for attachment to the B-side of the trim component to form an at least substantially closed cavity configured to receive an airbag arrangement therein. The base plate has an outer perimeter generally conforming to an outer perimeter of the trim component. An airbag arrangement includes an inflatable airbag and an inflator configured to inflate the airbag, and may be disposed in the substantially closed cavity.

Vehicle trim panel having a switching function comprising a decorative front panel which conceals a switching device having switching areas defined on the decorative front panel for controlling vehicle functions and a lighting device for backlighting said switching areas. Particularly the switching device comprises a sensor foil comprising a light transmitting film wherein several independent sensing areas are configured and an elastic rubber-like portion configured to be compressed between the back side of the decorative front panel and the front side of the light guide in order to keep the sensor foil in tight contact free of air-gaps with the back side of the decorative front panel. The elastic rubber-like portion comprises first attaching means to tightly and removably attach the sensor foil to either the light guide or to the decorative front panel.

This interior member for a vehicle is configured by causing an upper trim and a lower trim, which are vertically divided in two parts, to abut each other, a concave section having a bottom surface portion that is planar and inclined downward on an inner side in a vehicle width direction is formed in at least a part of the lower trim, and a tag is clamped by the bottom surface portion of the concave section and the upper trim.

A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a trim panel supported by the vehicle body. An airbag is between the trim panel and the vehicle body. The trim panel includes a back side facing the vehicle body. The trim panel includes a base portion and a distal portion. The trim panel includes a weakened area between the base portion and the distal portion on the back side. An elastomeric member is connected to the back side at the base portion and the distal portion. The elastomeric member extends across the weakened area from the base portion to the distal portion.

A vehicle interior panel includes a base material and a decorative layer. The base material is made of a resin composition containing a scrap material obtained by pulverizing a resin molded article. The decorative layer is laminated on an outer surface of the base material. The base material includes particles dispersed in a base resin. The base resin is a principal component of the resin composition. The particles are derived from the scrap material and have a composition different from that of the base resin. The base material includes projecting portions, which are the particles projecting from an outer surface of the base resin. The decorative layer includes a base layer bonded to the outer surface of the base material, and multiple protrusions projecting from an outer surface of the base layer.