Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Benjamin David Jimenez

Cristian Farcas

Kwang Ha Kim

Hiroyuki Imai

Jonathan Joseph Quijano

Stuart Roger Wuerthele

Joshua L Moberg

Alan Robert Schneider

Andrew W Harvey

Aaron S Park

Yusuke Yoshihara

Kitae Kim, Iv

Hiroaki Yokoi

Instrument panel for a motor vehicle

Instrument panel for an automobile

Steering wheel for a motor vehicle

Heads up display bezel and chute

A split center console assembly includes a front end wall, a rear end wall, and first and second opposing side walls, each cooperating to define a storage compartment. The assembly includes a split cover for selectively providing access to the storage compartment. The split cover includes a pivoting driver armrest and a pivoting passenger armrest. Each armrest includes an upper support surface configured to provide arm support when the split center console assembly is in a closed position, a side edge support surface configured to provide an arm support when the split center console assembly is in an open position, and a lower surface. At least one pivot hinge is provided, defining an arm portion extending a distance from a pivot axis and configured to pivotally couple the respective armrest to the storage compartment. In various aspects, each pivot axis is offset a distance from the side walls.

Split console lid and armrest in both open and closed positions

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

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Benjamin David Jimenez