Patent ID: 7460007
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: B60C,B60Q,B60R,G02B

Abstract:
1. An improved console system suitable for use in an interior cabin of a vehicle, the interior cabin having a roof and a windshield having an upper portion, said console system comprising: a console assembly; said console assembly including a headliner portion disposed at the roof of the interior cabin of the vehicle; said console assembly further including a windshield portion extending downwardly from said headliner portion, said downwardly extending portion being disposed at the upper portion of the windshield; said downwardly extending windshield portion of said console assembly including at least one vehicle accessory; wherein said at least one vehicle accessory comprises a sensor having a field of view through the windshield in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle; wherein said sensor comprises an image capturing device; wherein said image capturing device captures images at least one chosen from (a) for a forward park-aid system, (b) for a collision avoidance system, and (c) for an automatic headlamp control system; and wherein said downwardly extending windshield portion either attaches at or contacts at or is set-off from the inner surface of the windshield.