Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Aaron S Park

Makoto Kato

Matthew Niven Sperling

Peter Kim

Benjamin David Jimenez

Joshua L Moberg

Akihisa Okada

Isamu Masakawa

Takeshi Okabe

Instrument panel for an automobile

A trim panel assembly for an automotive vehicle having a pocket door that is moveable between a reduced width position and an increased width position. The trim panel assembly includes a panel having a recessed portion. A pocket door is mounted over at least a portion of the recessed portion such that the pocket door and the recessed portion define a storage pocket. The pocket door is mounted for translational movement between first and second positions. In the first position, the storage pocket has a first width defined between an outboard side wall and an inboard side wall. In the second position, the width of the storage pocket is increased. This increase in width occurs over the vertical extent of the storage pocket.

Double hinge storage pocket

Rear combination lamp for an automobile

Growing community of inventors

Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Aaron S Park