US 7,841,619 B2 · Interior component for a vehicle and method of mounting the same

Abstract

An interior component for a vehicle formed by superimposing a bottom edge portion of a second interior component on a top edge portion of a first interior component or by placing these portions so as to face against each other, and by joining these interior components together by a joining component, wherein the joining component includes: a top supporting portion joined to a back surface of the second interior component, which supports a top edge side of the second interior component; and a bottom engaging portion provided underneath of and separated from the top supporting portion, which engages the bottom edge of the second interior component with the first interior component.

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Dependent claims

a top supporting portion joined to a back surface of the second interior component, which supports a top edge side of the second interior component;
and
a bottom engaging portion provided underneath of and separated from the top supporting portion, which engages the bottom edge of the second interior component with the first interior component.

A method of mounting an interior component for a vehicle, the interior component including:

a garnish fitted onto a vehicle interior side of a pillar portion of the vehicle;
a roof lining fitted onto the vehicle interior side of a roof portion of the vehicle;
and
a frame component joined to a back surface of the garnish,
the method comprising:
forming through holes respectively in each of the garnish, the frame component, and the roof lining;
joining the frame component and the garnish together such that the three through holes overlap each other;
superimposing a joined body formed by the garnish and the frame component, with the roof lining, one on top of the other, such that the frame component is sandwiched in the middle, and such that the respective through holes overlap each other;
and
fitting an engaging component into both the through holes of the joined body and the roof lining, such that the joined body and the roof lining are fixed by this engaging component to a bracket on the vehicle body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Interior component for a vehicle and method of mounting the same

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