Suzuki Motor Corporation

Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Akira Hijikata

Toru Hirano

Masato Ichikawa

Kazuhiro Yanagimoto

A hinge construction in which a center hingeis provided between seat backsandarranged by being divided into left and right, and the left and right seat backsandare supported by the center hingeso as to be reclinable. In this hinge construction, the center hingeincludes a mounting bracketof which one end portion is installed to the right seat backa center hinge bracketinstalled to the vehicle body side, and a hinge shaftfor connecting the mounting bracketto the center hinge bracketThe left and right seat backsandare supported via the center hingeso as to be reclinable by inserting the hinge shaftthrough the other end portion of the mounting bracketand the center hinge bracketand by fixing the hinge shaftto a seat frameof the left seat back

Hinge construction for seat back

A vehicular trunk lid structure is formed by overlapping the end of the outer panel upon the end of the inner panel, to be followed by hemming process, wherein recesses are defined adjacent to the end of said inner panel, and said recesses are deepened toward and welded to said outer panel. By such arrangement, the weld bead due to the spot-welding is concealed inside the trunk room to be obscured from the outside and thus the need of finishing work to remove the weld bead is eliminated. As a consequence, an aesthetic improvement and a manufacturing cost reduction are accomplished.

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Hamamatsu, Japan

Akira Hijikata