Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Muneharu Sasajima

Chiharu Totani

Akiyoshi Nagano

Katsuhiro Katagiri

Tetsuya Fujii

Kenichi Furuta

Shigehiro Ueno

Hisao Hanabusa

Noriyuki Horiuchi

Yukihiko Horiba

Katsuhiro Okumura

Katsunobu Sakane

Yuji Kuriyama

Ichizou Shiga

Kouzi Sakurai

An interior finish member having a door for an air bag includes a main body and a cover. The main body surrounds the periphery of the cover, and the main body and the cover form a continuous surface. The cover covers a folded air bag. The cover includes: a door, which covers the folded air bag. A breakable portion is defined by a recessed periphery of the door and is relatively thin. A hinge connects the door with the main body and provides a pivot around which the door pivots under a force of an expanding air bag. The main body is made of thermoplastic resin, and the cover is made of thermoplastic elastomer. The main body and the cover portion can be integrally formed.

Interior finish member for an automobile with an air bag device

An interior finish member having a door suitable for an air bag comprises a main body and a cover portion. The main body surrounds the periphery of the cover portion, and the main body and the cover portion form a continuous surface. The cover portion covers a folded air bag of an air bag device. The cover portion comprises: a door portion which covers the folded air bag; a breakable portion defined by a recessed periphery of the door portion whose thickness is thinner than adjacent portions of the interior finish member so that it may be broken easily in deployment of the air bag; and a hinge portion for connecting the door portion with the main body and for providing a pivot around which the door portion rotates when the door portion opens under a force of an expanding air bag. The main body is made of thermoplastic resin, and the cover portion is made of thermoplastic elastomer. Because they are capable of thermally fusing with each other, the main body and the cover portion can be integrally formed.

Interior finish member for an automobile with an air bag device and

A plurality of claws are formed, by, for example, cutting or stamping, on side walls of an air bag holder and extend toward pad side walls and downwardly. Holes are formed in the pad side walls. With the pad side walls being located outside of the side walls of the bag holder, claws are fitted in the holes. Engaging projections on the distal ends of the claws which project from the pad side walls are engaged in engaging recesses below the holes or are bent and crimped in a direction in which the side walls extend.

Steering wheel pad attachment structure

An automotive column cover has a first cover member, a second cover member to which the first cover member is secured, and a clip for connecting together these two members. The clip has a securing portion which is fitted to the first cover member and an engaging portion which is engaged with the second cover member. The first cover member has a secured portion to which the securing portion of the clip is fitted, while the second cover member has an engaged portion provided so as to face the secured portion of the first member and the engaged portion is engaged with the engaging portion of the clip. The securing portion of the clip is fitted to the secured portion of the first cover member, while the engaging portion of the clip is engaged with the engaged portion of the second cover member, whereby the two cover members are readily connected together.

Automotive column cover

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Aichi, Japan

Muneharu Sasajima