Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Satoshi Yamaguchi

Yusuke Fukushima

Kunio Ohashi

Eisuke Ikeno

Yoichi Hirai

Kazunori Ueda

Nobuhiko Todaka

Shinichi Suefuji

Kenichi Mitsuta

Junji Arai

A tibia pad has: a right foot placement portion having a right side horizontal portion formed horizontally and on which a passenger's right heel is placed, and a right side inclined portion formed at a vehicle front side of this right side horizontal portion and inclined with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction to head toward a vehicle upper side while heading toward a vehicle front side; a pair of groove portions formed, at least in a bottom surface of the right side horizontal portion at the right foot placement portion, to extend along the vehicle longitudinal direction and to lined-up in a vehicle transverse direction; and a step portion formed at a transition portion between the right side horizontal and the right side inclined portions, and positioned between a rear and a front side ribs are formed at the right side horizontal and the right side inclined portions, respectively.

Tibia pad and tibia pad installation structure

A tibia pad has: a right foot placement portion having a right side horizontal portion positioned beneath and rearward of an accelerator pedal on which a passenger's heel who is stepping-on the accelerator pedal is placed, and a right side inclined portion integrally formed with a vehicle front side of the right side horizontal portion and positioned beneath the accelerator pedal; and a rib formed at least at a bottom surface of the right side horizontal portion at the right foot placement portion by a region between a pair of groove portions that are formed so as to extend along a vehicle longitudinal direction and so as to be lined-up in a vehicle transverse direction, and that is provided at a position that is offset toward a vehicle transverse direction one side with respect to a central line that passes-through a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the accelerator pedal.

Provided is a method for manufacturing an FRP member with insert which enables to reduce a machining time to improve productivity. First, a threaded holeis formed in an insert. An FRP memberwhere at least the threaded holeof the insertis covered with a coatingmade of FRP is molded. A counter-bored holethat penetrates the coatingof the FRP memberto communicate with the threaded holeof the insertis formed, to thereby obtain an FRP componentwith insert. Accordingly, a machining step after molding the FRP memberin which dry machining is required includes only the boring step of forming the counter-bored holein the FRP member. Thus, the machining time can be reduced, and the productivity can be improved.

Method for manufacturing FRP member with insert and FRP member with insert

This invention aims to shorten cycle time by allowing a robot to be operated with speed capability regardless of the shape of moldings. An extrusion molding apparatus has an extrusion molding machine which delivers an extrusion material which becomes a frame-shaped molding through a nozzle fore end, and a robot which holds a workpiece on which the molding is formed and whose working speed is set so as to make travel speed of workpiece rectilinear portions with respect to the nozzle fore end higher than travel speed of workpiece corner portions with respect to the nozzle fore end. Thus, changes in workpiece travel speed with respect to the nozzle fore end are allowed, and robot working speed is not restricted by the shape of moldings.

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Satoshi Yamaguchi