# US 2014/0152049 A1 · Door trim > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152049 A1 - Document ID: US20140152049A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/232,964 - Filed: 2012-07-09 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-02 - Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Toshiya Tanizawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152049A1 ## CPC - B60J 5/0416: {Assembly panels to be installed in doors as a module with components, e.g. lock or window lifter, attached thereto} - B60J 5/042: {Reinforcement elements} - B60R 13/0206: {Arrangements of fasteners and clips specially adapted for attaching inner vehicle liners or mouldings (devices for fastening or securing F16B)} - B60R 13/0243: {Doors} - B60R 2013/0293: {Connection or positioning of adjacent panels} - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A door trim according to this invention includes a front trim and a rear trim. The front trim is to be arranged closer to a front side of a vehicle. The rear trim is to be arranged closer to a rear side of the vehicle. The door grip includes a first divided section included in the front trim and a second divided section included in the rear trim assembled together. With this configuration, the door grip can be formed using parts of the front trim and the rear trim while the front trim and the rear trim are provided for forming other part of the door trim. Therefore, the number of components can be reduced. In addition, dies and steps of forming the door grip are not required and thus the production efficiency is improved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A door trim including a door grip, comprising: a front trim to be arranged closer to a front side of a vehicle; and a rear trim to be arranged closer to a rear side of the vehicle, wherein the door grip includes a first divided section included in the front trim and the second divided section included in the rear trim assembled together, either one of the first divided section and the second divided section is arranged on an interior side of the vehicle and the other one of the first divided section and the second divided section is arranged on an exterior side of the vehicle, the door grip is formed by assembling the divided sections including the first divided section and the second divided section, the door grip is a hollow part having a handle-like shape, the front trim includes a first hole and the first divided section having a band-like shape extends in an a vehicle rear portion of the front trim relative to the first hole, the rear trim includes a second hole and the second divided section having a band-like shape extends in a vehicle front portion of the rear trim relative to the second hole, the door trim further comprises an ornament attached to the front trim and the rear trim, the ornament is arranged on the exterior side relative to the first divided section and the second divided section, the ornament covers the first hole from the exterior side of the vehicle and includes an opposite surface that faces a vehicle exterior surface of the door grip, and the ornament that continues from the opposite surface is fitted to the second hole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, wherein assembly of the first divided section and the second divided section is complete when the front trim and the rear trim are assembled. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, wherein the front trim further includes a mount section for mounting a vehicle rear end portion of the front trim to a mounting section arranged in a vehicle front end portion of the rear trim with the mount section and the mounting section overlapping each other, the mount section includes the first divided section, and the mounting section includes the second divided section, wherein the door grip is arranged in a boundary portion between the front trim and the rear trim. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The door trim according to claim 3, wherein at least portions of the front trim and the rear trim in the boundary portion are in different colors from each other. ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, wherein the one of the first divided section and the second divided section arranged on the interior side of the vehicle includes a boss projecting toward a body of the vehicle, and the other one of the first divided section and the second divided section arranged on the exterior side of the vehicle has a through hole through which the boss is passed, wherein the boss passed through the through hole is fixed to the body of the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, wherein the one of the first divided section and the second divided section arranged on the interior side of the vehicle further includes a grip cover attached to an interior side surface of the one of the first divided section and the second divided section arranged on the interior side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, further comprising an ornament attached to the front trim and the rear trim and arranged on the exterior side relative to the first divided section and the second divided section. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, further comprising an impact absorbing member attached to vehicle exterior surfaces of the front trim and the rear trim, the impact absorbing member extending over the front trim and the rear trim. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The door trim according to claim 9, wherein the impact absorbing member includes a front mounting section attached to the front trim and a rear mounting section attached to the rear trim. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, further comprising: a front ornament fixing portion and an ornament lock to be attached to the ornament, and the front ornament fixing portion and the ornament lock are arranged on an opening edge portion of the first hole on the vehicle front side; and a plurality of rear ornament fixing portions to be attached to the ornament and arranged along an opening edge of the second hole, and each of the rear ornament fixing portions has a post-like shape. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, further comprising an armrest projecting to the interior side of the vehicle and extending over a front-rear direction of the vehicle, wherein the door grip extends over about a middle portion of the armrest, the middle portion being located at about the middle of the armrest in the vehicle front-rear direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The door trim according to claim 3, wherein the boundary portion has a shape of a substantially straight and inclined line that extends from a midpoint of an upper portion of the door trim in the vehicle front-rear direction to a rear portion of a lower portion of the door trim in the vehicle front-rear direction ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The door trim according to claim 1, wherein in a base of the door grip, the first divided section includes an overlapping fixing portion projecting therefrom, the second divided section includes a second overlapping insertion hole in which the overlapping fixing portion is inserted, the ornament includes a first overlapping insertion hole in which the overlapping fixing portion is inserted, and the overlapping fixing portion is inserted in the second overlapping insertion hole and further inserted in the first overlapping insertion hole of the ornament such that the front trim, the rear trim and the ornament are fixed together with overlapping one another.