Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.

Manabu Morisaka

Yoshihiro Maeda

Hayato Yoshikawa

Hisayoshi Matsumoto

A storage box for vehicles having a box main body for the storage, a lid body supported by the box main body in such a manner that it can be opened and closed, and an inner lid disposed between the box main body and the lid body. With this arrangement of the storage box, it is possible to open and close the inner lid independently from the lid body. It is also possible to bring the lid body and the inner lid into engagement with each other in such a manner that they are movable relative to each other, so that the lid body and the inner lid can be opened and closed integrally. Thus, an inner lid is provided while eliminating any risk of adversely affecting the fitting of the lid body. The inner lid is also provided with at least one through-hole for receiving a container. A support member is rotatably mounted to the inner lid for supporting the bottom of the container.

Storage box for vehicles

A windshield defroster assembly for a vehicle dashboard including a defroster outlet having a plate attached therein to control the direction of flow of the heated air. The plate is slanted to direct the flow of the heated air. The bottom edge of the plate remains underneath the bottom surface of the dashboard. Heated air hits the rear surface of the plate, and the blowing direction of the heated air follows along the rear surface of the plate. When the heated air is discharged from the defroster outlet, the heated air is concentrated on an area of the windshield thereby removing frost and moisture from the entire surface of the windshield. A top edge of the plate is disposed at most only slightly over a top surface of the dashboard, so that the plate does not prevent the driver from seeing outside of the vehicle through the windshield.

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Toyota, Japan

Manabu Morisaka