A sound and heat insulator installable on a soft top vehicle includes: a body shaped to fit between a windshield frame and a roll bar of the soft top vehicle, the body having a rigid core, a foam layer located on each of an upper surface and lower surface of the rigid core, and an edging material located over the rigid core and the foam layer and around an edge of the body; one or more first mounting tabs located towards a front of the body; and one or more second mounting tabs located towards a rear of the body. At least one of the one or more first mounting tabs and the one or more second mounting tabs is shaped to engage a hard top mounting point of the soft top vehicle.

A headliner assembly apparatus includes an input delivery device attempting to deliver an input related to a predetermined headliner to a controller that is in communication with the input delivery device. An indexing assembly is in communication with the controller, wherein the indexing assembly positions at least one headliner detail in an installation position in response to the input related to the predetermined headliner. A headliner support is adapted to position the predetermined headliner, wherein the predetermined headliner is placed on the indexing assembly, and wherein the headliner is placed to engage the at least one headliner detail in the installation position. A detail installing assembly couples the at least one headliner detail in the installation position to the predetermined headliner.

An interior material 10 for vehicle, comprising: a base material layer 11; a first reinforcement layer 12 disposed on a surface of a vehicle interior side of the base material layer; a second reinforcement layer 13 disposed on a surface of a vehicle body side of the base material layer; a skin layer 14 disposed on a surface of the opposite side of the first reinforcement layer viewed from the base material layer; and a backside layer 15 disposed on a surface of the opposite side of the second reinforcement layer viewed from the base material layer, wherein the backside layer comprises a base layer 16 and a functional layer 15 disposed on at least one surface of the base layer to block an air flow to the vehicle body side from the vehicle interior, and/or to reflect infrared radiation from the exterior of the vehicle.

A molded ceiling material for vehicles having a substrate layer containing a porous core layer, a surface member and a ventilation control mechanism to control the ventilation volume that is vented from a cabin side of the surface member to the substrate layer. Sound generated in the vehicle cabin is absorbed by the substrate layer through the ventilation control mechanism. That is, the molded ceiling material is equipped with sound-absorption performance for sound from the cabin side of the vehicle. If the sound-absorption rate is increased, the ventilation volume to the substrate layer is increased. If the sound-absorption rate is decreased, the ventilation volume to the substrate layer is reduced. The sound-absorption rate of the molded ceiling material can be controlled regardless of the thickness of the substrate layer. Consequently, the molded ceiling materials for vehicles can be provided with sound-absorption performance corresponding to the sound-absorption characteristics of the vehicle.

A headliner trim for a motor vehicle includes a main body, at least one air channel formed in the main body for conducting an air flow through the main body, and at least one air outlet opening formed in the main body, through which air outlet opening the air flow conducted in the air channel can flow into the interior of the motor vehicle. The main body is formed from a particle foam, such as expanded polypropylene (EPP) or expanded polyethylene (EPE).

A headliner assembly apparatus includes an input delivery device attempting to deliver an input related to a predetermined headliner to a controller that is in communication with the input delivery device. An indexing assembly is in communication with the controller, wherein the indexing assembly positions at least one headliner detail in an installation position in response to the input related to the predetermined headliner. A headliner support is adapted to position the predetermined headliner, wherein the predetermined headliner is placed on the indexing assembly, and wherein the headliner is placed to engage the at least one headliner detail in the installation position. A detail installing assembly couples the at least one headliner detail in the installation position to the predetermined headliner.

A ceiling material body (1a) includes a substrate layer (2) formed from rigid urethane foam; a first fiber-reinforced layer (3) provided on an in-cabin side of the substrate layer (2); a second fiber-reinforced layer (4) provided on an out-cabin side of the substrate layer (2); a surface layer (5) provided on an in-cabin side of the first fiber-reinforced layer (3); and a back layer (6) provided on an out-cabin side of the second fiber-reinforced layer (4). The second fiber-reinforced layer (4) includes a glass paper (7) overlaying the substrate layer (2) and a glass mat (8) overlaying an opposite side of the glass paper (7) from the substrate layer (2).

A vehicle headliner material includes a stiffening layer to prevent moisture penetration by reinforcing each side of a synthetic fiber layer. In this way, the synthetic fibers can be prevented from holding moisture, and thus safety accidents that may be caused by increased weight of the headliner material or permanent deforming of the headliner due to the headliner material that repeats holding and releasing moisture can be prevented. The vehicle headliner material is provided with improved formability, improved flexural strength, enhanced structural stiffness, and direct adhesion without an additional adhesive by including a synthetic resin in the synthetic fiber layer along with synthetic fibers and using a glass mat and thermoplastic resin sheets as constituent materials of each stiffening layer.

A vehicular ceiling interior component includes a board member that is a plate member and configured as a ceiling of a vehicular compartment, and a reinforcing member having an elongated shape and extending in an elongated direction. The reinforcing member is disposed on a vehicular exterior side surface of the board member and made of material having a linear expansion coefficient greater than a linear expansion coefficient of material of the board member. The reinforcing member includes a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion each of which is fixed to the vehicular exterior side surface of the board member and that are arranged along the elongated direction, and a connection portion that connects the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion and is away from the vehicular exterior side surface of the board member.

A detachable interior trim panel assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes an interior trim panel that has an inside surface, an outside surface, and a trim panel perimeter. The interior trim panel includes at least one finger and at least one spring snap that are positioned along the trim panel perimeter. The at least one finger and the at least one spring snap are configured to detachably retain the interior trim panel on a trim panel mounting location of the vehicle. The at least one finger extends outwardly from the trim panel perimeter and is sized to be received in at least one finger receptacle positioned along the trim panel mounting location and the at least one spring snap includes a moveable leg that is configured to engage at least one spring snap receptacle that is also positioned along the trim panel mounting location.