Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

John J Hwang

Ichiro Sasaki

Masanori Hara

Yosuke Nishimura

Junichi Suzuki

Eric D Daume

Carlington George Demetrius

Fernando M Rosero

Akira Miyazaki

John F Howard, Jr

Benjamin M Oros

Yoshiaki Ikeda

Yukio Akimoto

Matt Stechschulte

Matt Parkinson

A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body including an interior panel, a seat having a frame fixed to the panel, and a seat energy absorber operably associated with the seat and including a backing and a bracket. The backing is formed from the vehicle body and positioned separated from the seat to define a space between the seat and the backing along a length of the panel, and the bracket is mounted in the space on at least one of the seat and the backing such that a proximal end portion of the bracket is located closer to the seat than the backing, and a distal end portion of the bracket is located closer to the backing than the seat. During a crash event a section of the panel is configured to collapse against the seat when the seat is driven toward the panel relative to the vehicle body.

Seat energy absorber assembly

An automobile may include a vehicle frame, a body supported on the vehicle frame and defining a passenger compartment and a console assembly positioned within the passenger compartment. The console assembly may include: (A) a console frame having at least a first tubular portion and a plurality of legs where each leg is supported on the vehicle frame; (B) an outer shell connected to the console frame for use in covering the console frame; and, (C) an armrest supported on the console frame and adapted to support a person's arm.

Automotive console assembly with tubular frame

A vehicle cargo storage system includes a plurality of bins, trays, tracks, and covers. The tray is received within one of the bins and is movable from a normal retracted position into an extended loading/unloading position so as to place the tray in a more convenient location for access by the user. The tracks and associated slide arms connect the bin to the tray and guide the tray for movement between the extended and retracted positions.

Convenient storage solutions in cargo area

An apparatus for holding and storing tools in a vehicle, including a storage body shaped to fit inside the hub of a spare wheel. The storage body has a jack storage space for securely holding a vehicle raising jack, a lug wrench-receiving space for securely holding a lug wrench and a hollow storage well for holding and storing one or more various user-selected tools or accessories. The storage well has a volume approximately as large as said jack storage space. The storage well may be substantially crescent shaped in cross section and extends substantially the full depth of the storage body for thereby providing a relatively large storage space in a otherwise restricted area of a vehicle trunk. Optionally, tools may be added to the storage body, and fitted into the appropriate storage spaces therein, to form a compact tool kit and storage receptacle for a vehicle.

Apparatus for compactly storing tools and accessories together with a spare wheel, and tool kit incorporating same

An anti-rattle guide assembly and method for supporting an armrest or other structure which is slidable between extended and retracted positions. The method of preventing rattling of a sliding mechanism include the steps of disposing a moveable rail member on a frame, placing the sliding mechanism in contact with the moveable rail member, and applying a force to the moveable rail member to bias the moveable rail member toward the sliding mechanism so as to maintain contact between the moveable rail member and the sliding mechanism. The guide assembly may be disposed between two such moveable guide rails or between a moveable guide rail and a fixed guide rail.

Anti-rattle guide assembly for supporting an armrest or other structure

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Troy, MI, United States of America

John J Hwang