Ikeda Bussan Co. Ltd.

Akira Kuwabara

Manabu Sakamoto

Takashi Mori

Yoshifumi Kanai

A head lining of an automobile is formed with a notched portion which is surrounded by a forward corresponding portion of the head lining to be brought into contact with a front surface of a pillar, and a backward corresponding portion of the head lining to be brought into contact with a rear surface of the pillar. The head lining is further formed with first slits on the head lining so that the forward corresponding portion and backward corresponding portion are brought into contact with the front surface and rear surface of the pillar in such a manner that the forward corresponding portion and backward corresponding portion are curved downwardly. The forward corresponding portion and backward corresponding portion are formed so as to be extended from a position where they are brought into contact with the front surface and rear surface of the pillar.

Head lining of automobile

A piercing apparatus for forming partially overlapped small holes in upper and lower layers of lining material includes upper and lower piercing stands having piercing members affixed thereto respectively. The upper and lower piercing members have engaging cut-out portions corresponding to a shape of the overlap desired between the holes. When holes are formed for a first layer of lining material, the material is positioned between upper and lower stands mounting the piecing members and the lower piercing member is driven up to cut-out the shape of the opening for the first layer except for the overlap area. Then as the lower piercing member is driven up further, the leading edge of its cut-out portion engages the trailing edge of the corresponding cut-out portion of the upper piercing member. At this time the shape of the overlap portion is cut from the first layer of lining material. When the openings for the second layer of lining material are to be formed, the above operation is reversed and the opening may be shaped and positioned with a single apparatus.

Piercing apparatus for lining material

A reversible-lid arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a floor panel having an opening, a lid member, and a pair of oppositely-arranged guide rails. The lid member is so sized as to close the opening, and has first and second side surfaces which are opposed to each other. The lid member has first and second projections which are formed on the first side surface and spaced away from each other with a certain predetermined distance therebetween, and third and fourth projections which are formed on the second side surface and spaced away from each other with the predetermined distance therebetween. The guide rails are so sized and spaced away from each other as to fit therein the first, second, third and fourth projections of the lid member. Each guide rail has first and second notches each of which is so sized as to allow one of the first, second, third and fourth projections to pass therethrough, and so positioned as to expose the one of the first, second, third and fourth projections when the opening of the floor panel is fully closed by the lid member. Thus, the lid member can be easily and quickly turned upside down without requiring much space.

Reversible-lid arrangement

A door installation arrangement adapted to widely open a door of an automotive vehicle. The door installation arrangement is comprised of a double hinge member which has a first end section hingedly connected to a door body side, and a second end section hingedly connected to a vehicle body side. A hinge trim is disposed separate from the double hinge member to decoratively cover the double hinge member. The hinge trim is hingedly connected at its front end within the vehicle body side through a sub-double hinge member and at its rear end with a door trim through a hinge member.

Door installation arrangement for vehicle

In a motor vehicle having a sun roof construction wherein a guide rail for a sun roof lid extends along a sun roof opening and is secured to a fixed member of the vehicle, there is arranged a ceiling structure. The ceiling structure comprises a ceiling board having an opening which faces the sun roof opening, the ceiling board opening being thus bounded by a peripheral edge portion of the ceiling board; a flange portion integrally connected to the guide rail and having a plurality of cuts; a plurality of hook members fixed to the peripheral edge portion, each hook member having a pawl; and an elongate retainer having an engaging foot portion, wherein the hook members are passed through the cuts of the flange portion and projected outward from the flange portion, and the retainer is placed on the flange portion having the engaging foot portion engaged with the pawls of the hook members.

Ceiling structure of motor vehicle

A luggage carpet laid over a luggage room floor of a motor vehicle and rear surface of a seat back of a seat located adjacent to the luggage room. The portions of the carpet located at a region extending substantially along and in the vicinity of a boundary between the seat back and the luggage room floor have respective surface areas disposed in opposition to each other on a same surface of the carpet, said portions being joined together at respective ends in said opposite surface areas to form at least a hinge.

Luggage carpet for motor vehicle

A welt made of resins and U-shaped in section to be fitted onto rims of attached members, characterized in that a pair of engaging pieces made integral to the welt at their outer substantially center portions extend expanding outward from inside the U-shaped portion and from both opened opposite rims of the welt, and that the rim portion of an attached member is forcedly inserted into the welt through those clearances which are between front and back ends of the engaging pieces.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Akira Kuwabara