Door trim
AssigneesToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomonari Masuda, Mitsuaki Eshima
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Abstract
A door trim installed in a vehicle includes an upper board and a lower board. The upper board includes a mounting boss. The lower board includes a body and a mounting flange. The body defines a lower portion of the door trim. The mounting flange extends upward from an upper edge of the body and includes a mounting hole. The mounting flange is disposed behind a back face of the upper board. The mounting boss protrudes from the back face of the upper board toward the mounting hole of the mounting flange. The mounting hole includes a through hole portion and a slot portion. The mounting boss is inserted in the through hole portion. The slot portion extends from a front section of a hole edge of the through hole portion toward a front of the vehicle to communicate with the through hole portion.
Claims7
A door trim installed in a vehicle, the door trim comprising:
- an upper board defining an upper portion of the door trim and including a mounting boss;
- and
- a lower board including:
- a body defining a lower portion of the door trim;
- and
- a mounting flange extending upward from an upper edge of the body and including a mounting hole, wherein
- the mounting flange is disposed behind a back face of the upper board,
- the mounting boss protrudes from the back face of the upper board toward the mounting hole of the mounting flange,
- the mounting hole including:
- a through hole portion in which the mounting boss is inserted;
- and
- a slot portion extending from a front section of a hole edge of the through hole portion toward a front of the vehicle to communicate with the through hole portion, wherein
- the upper board includes a front portion closer to the front of the vehicle and a rear portion closer to a rear of the vehicle,
- the mounting flange is opposed to a back face of the rear portion of the upper board and defined as a rear mounting flange,
- the mounting boss is included in the rear portion of the upper board and defined as a rear mounting boss,
- the lower board further includes a rear edge portion extending from a rear edge of the rear mounting flange to a space between a pillar and a door inner panel of the vehicle,
- the lower board further includes a front mounting flange opposed to the front portion of the upper board and including a through hole having a hole edge without a break, and
- the front portion of the upper board includes a front mounting boss protruding from the back face toward the through hole of the front mounting flange and fitted in the through hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.