# US 2014/0191534 A1 · Mounting structure for vehicular interior member

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- Number: US 2014/0191534 A1
- Document ID: US20140191534A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/974,153
- Filed: 2013-08-23
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10
- Assignees: Suzuki Motor Corporation
- Applicants: Suzuki Motor Corporation
- Inventors: Ryotaro Yasuhara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191534A1

## CPC

- B60R 13/0237: {Side or rear panels}
- B60J 10/84: arranged on the vehicle body
- B60R 13/0206: {Arrangements of fasteners and clips specially adapted for attaching inner vehicle liners or mouldings (devices for fastening or securing F16B)}
- B60J 10/24: having tubular parts
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- 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)

## Abstract

A mounting structure for a vehicular interior member is provide and includes an opening flange formed by joining an outer flange of an outdoor-side panel and an inner flange of an indoor-side panel to each other at the peripheral edge of a door opening, an opening trim fitted to the opening flange, and an interior member that covers the vehicle indoor side of the indoor-side panel. An insertion piece extending from the edge part back surface of the interior member, together with the opening flange, is pinched by the opening trim. At the tip end of the insertion piece, a protrusion capable of being locked to the edge end of the opening flange is formed, and by fitting the opening trim to the opening flange in the state in which the protrusion is locked, the edge part of the interior member is fixed to the opening flange.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mounting structure for a vehicular interior member, comprising:
an opening flange formed by joining an outer flange of an outdoor-side panel and an inner flange of an indoor-side panel to each other at the peripheral edge of a door opening;
an opening trim fitted to the opening flange; and
an interior member which covers the vehicle indoor side of the indoor-side panel, in which
an insertion piece extending from the edge part back surface of the interior member, together with the opening flange, is pinched by the opening trim, characterized in that
at the tip end of the insertion piece, a protrusion capable of being locked to the edge end of the opening flange is formed, and by fitting the opening trim to the opening flange in the state in which the protrusion is locked, the edge part of the interior member is fixed to the opening flange.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mounting structure for a vehicular interior member according to claim 1, characterized in that a joggle shaped part expanding to the vehicle indoor side is formed on the inner flange of the opening flange adjacent to the insertion piece, and the protrusion is locked to the edge end of the joggle shaped part.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The mounting structure for a vehicular interior member according to claim 2, characterized in that the joggle shaped part expands to the inner flange via a gently inclined slant surface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The mounting structure for a vehicular interior member according to claim 2, characterized in that the edge end of the inner flange in the joggle shaped part is positioned on the base end side of the edge end of the outer flange.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The mounting structure for a vehicular interior member according to claim 4, characterized in that the thickness in the locking direction of the protrusion is greater than the thickness of the insertion piece.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The mounting structure for a vehicular interior member according to claim 3, characterized in that the edge end of the inner flange in the joggle shaped part is positioned on the base end side of the edge end of the outer flange.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The mounting structure for a vehicular interior member according to claim 6, characterized in that the edge end of the inner flange in the joggle shaped part is positioned on the base end side of the edge end of the outer flange.