An overhead display system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a trim panel, a set of brackets, and a plurality of display units. The brackets are disposed within an interior region of the trim panel, and the display units are mounted on the brackets through openings formed in the trim panel. The display units are arranged such that a pair of screens can be oriented in both a rearward-facing direction and a forward-facing direction. The system is configured as a module that can be readily installed in a roof structure of a vehicle.

An overhead console includes a console housing, an illumination board, a vehicle interior checking mirror, a mirror surface light source mounted on the illumination board together with the illumination light source and configured to emit light toward the mirror surface of the vehicle interior checking mirror in the mirror surface visible position, and a see-through display plate that is a display plate capable of transparently displaying a symbol indicating predetermined information, the see-through display plate being provided in the console housing at a location between the mirror surface light source and the mirror surface so as not to hinder the passenger from visually recognizing the mirror surface and so as to face a partial region of the mirror surface, and the see-through display plate being configured to allow light from the mirror surface light source to transmit therethrough to display the symbol on the partial region of the mirror surface.

A vehicle lighting apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, two lamp bodies, and two external cameras. The first housing and the second housing are formed separately from each other, joined to be adjacent in the front-rear direction, and arranged to cover a portion of the upper portion of a vehicle interior. The first housing includes a box portion. The second housing includes a wall portion closing a second opening portion of the box portion. An upper first end portion and a lower second end portion at the peripheral edge of the second opening portion of the box portion are joined to an upper third end portion and a lower fourth end portion of the wall portion. The first end portion and the third end portion are arranged relatively closer to the first housing side than the second end portion and the fourth end portion in the front-rear direction.

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a heads-up display visor for a vehicle, such as an automobile, to provide driver assistance information to the driver. Features include a display screen that is sized and positioned relative to the driver's conventional sun visor, so as to eliminate the need to project images onto the windshield and/or to have a projector located on the vehicle dashboard. In certain embodiments, the heads-up display visor is portable, and is affixed to the driver's conventional sun visor by a clip, thereby allowing a driver to move the device from one vehicle to another.

A truck cap having a cap body with an opening, and a cap door that is movable between open and closed positions with respect to the opening. At least one hinge that attaches to the cap body and the cap door of the truck cap. The hinge includes a first hinge bracket member and a second hinge bracket member. The first hinge bracket member includes a hinge bracket to receive a pivot pin. The second hinge bracket member includes a hinge bracket with an opening sized to receive at least a portion of the pivot pin. The first hinge bracket member and the second hinge bracket member are pivotable with respect to each other about the pivot pin. A longitudinally extending gas prop pivotably attached to the pin extending from the second angled portion of the first hinge bracket member and to the pin of the second hinge bracket member.

A tablet holding assembly includes a panel that has a pair of track slots therein. A pair of arms is each pivotally coupled to and extends upwardly from the panel to releasably engage a ceiling in a vehicle. A pair of first couplers is each of the first couplers is coupled to a respective one of the arms to releasably engage the ceiling of the vehicle. A pair of second couplers is each of the second couplers is coupled to the panel to releasably engage the ceiling of the vehicle when the panel is positioned in a stored position. A pair of supports is each of the supports is coupled to the panel to support an electronic tablet on the panel. A pair of clamping units is each movably coupled to the panel to engage the electronic tablet.

A vehicle roof brace support apparatus includes a support beam with at least two fasteners located on opposite ends of the support beam. The fasteners are configured to couple the support beam to a vehicle roof or vehicle frame so that the support beam is suspended below a roof brace of the vehicle roof. The vehicle roof brace support apparatus further includes a plurality of jacks coupled to the support beam and configured to engage the roof brace in order to stabilize the roof brace when the vehicle roof is being repaired.

A display device or a driving support system which enables a driver to obtain information easily is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is unlikely to impose a burden on a driver is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is suitable for space saving is provided. A display device or a driving support system which is capable of large-area display is provided. A display device or a driving support system which does not impair the aesthetic appearance of the car interior is provided. The display device includes a display panel which has flexibility and can be transformed between a first form and a second form, and a driving means having a function of reversibly changing the display panel between the first form and the second form. The first form is a form in which a display surface of the display panel is suspended, and the second form is a form in which the display panel is stored upward.

Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of telecommunication control units (TCUs) having top surfaces (e.g., defined by mounting brackets, etc.) configured (e.g., curved, non-flat, contoured, etc.) to follow, match, and/or correspond with the contours (e.g., curvatures, non-flat contours, etc.) of vehicle roofs (or other vehicle body walls or mounting surfaces). Also disclosed are exemplary embodiments of TCU mounting brackets configured (e.g., curved, non-flat, contoured, etc.) to follow, match, and/or correspond with the contours (e.g., curvatures, non-flat contours, etc.) of vehicle roofs (or other vehicle body walls or mounting surfaces). Exemplary methods relating to installation of TCUs to vehicle body walls are disclosed. An exemplary method may include positioning a top surface (e.g., defined by a mounting bracket, etc.) of a telecommunication control unit against the vehicle body wall. The top surface may be configured (e.g., curved, non-flat, contoured, etc.) to match and/or correspond with a contour of the vehicle body wall.

Roof structure (1) for a vehicle, wherein the roof structure (1) comprises a roof sky (2), wherein the roof sky comprises a foam or sandwich layer (3) and a surface layer (4) covering the foam or sandwich layer preferably to a vehicle interior and wherein a microphone unit (5) is arranged at the foam or sandwich layer (3), the microphone unit (5) comprises at least one mounting means (6), the foam or sandwich layer (3) comprises at least one recess (7) to receive the at least one mounting means (6) and the mounting means (6) of the microphone unit (5) in a mounted condition of the microphone unit (5) is arranged in the at least one recess (7) thereby holding the microphone unit (5) at the foam or sandwich layer (3).