Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Shuji Inui

Chiharu Totani

Chikahisa Hayashi

Takuji Nagata

Hikaru Ando

Yoshio Sano

Mitsuyoshi Ohno

Toshinori Tanase

Hiroyuki Tajima

Michio Inoue

Tetsushi Hiramitsu

Makoto Kanai

Shinji Oguchi

Takayuki Kamiya

Mitsuhiro Kikuta

Hidenori Yokoyama

Takeshi Hosokawa

Yasuyuki Higuchi

Hiroshi Ito

Akiyoshi Nagano

Akihiro Misawa

Tatsuya Oba

Toshinori Takahashi

Osamu Yamanaka

Atsuo Hirano

Mitsuhiro Nawashiro

Makoto Tamaki

Yoshinori Masatsugu

Satoshi Ono

Makoto Kawai

Junichi Mizutani

Kazuo Takeda

Minoru Toda

Yu Hishida

Hitoshi Fujisawa

Takanori Kantoh

Moriyuki Hashimoto

Toshinori Takahaski

Kunikazu Hirosawa

A foamed resin molded article having an integral section formed as a dense resin section, which has suppressed resin foaming. The mounting section has improved mounting strength. The foamed resin molded article has a base body and a mounting section, which is formed integrally with the base body and protrudes from the base body. The mounting section has a body section, which has a mounting hole allowing a counterpart member to be inserted therein, and a leg section, which has one end thereof continuous with the body section and the other end thereof continuous with the base body. A thickness of a portion at the base body side of the leg section is smaller than a thickness of the body section.

Foamed resin molded article

Luminous surfacesof a concave-convex shape are formed on a light guide memberof a scuff plate, and a screen membermade of a non-transparent material is disposed between the light guide memberand a wire harnessof the scuff plate. The light guide memberluminously displays a design in a three-dimensional manner, and also the wire harnesswill not be visually recognized through the light guide member, and therefore the design is enhanced.

Scuff plate

A garnish includes a garnish body which covers a folded air bag and a locking portion which is inserted to be locked in a mounting hole in a mounting base on a vehicle body. The locking portion holds the garnish body which is pressed by the air bag when the air bag is inflated to move so as to form a projecting space for the air bag. The locking portion includes a locking main body portion which is inserted to be locked in the mounting hole and a connecting piece portion. The connecting piece portion includes a locking base portion on which the locking main body portion is provided, connecting portions which are connected to a rear surface of the garnish body, and deformable portions lying between the locking base portion and the connecting portions and is molded integrally with the garnish body. The deformable portions deform to extend a distance between the locking base portion and the connecting portion when the garnish body moves towards a vehicle interior side.

Garnish

A latitudinal division type assist grip having a sufficient load bearing capacity is provided. The assist grip includes an outer cylinder member, a first divisional body, a second divisional body, and an elastic reinforcement member. A first fitting end portion of the first divisional body and a second fitting end portion of the second divisional body are fitted to each other inside the outer cylinder member. The elastic reinforcement member is interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder member and the first fitting end portion, and presses the first fitting end portion toward the second fitting end portion.

Assist grip

An occupant restraining device (S) is provided with: a shielding member () to be let off from the peripheral edge (DW/VW) of a vehicle window (WF) arranged in a door of a vehicle, so as to shield the window; and a let-off means () for letting off the housed shielding member () so as to shield the window (WF). The shielding member () and the let-off means () are arranged in the door (FD). A garnish () is arranged on the peripheral edge of the door (FD) for covering the housed shielding member () so that the shielding member () is let off. An airbag device (ABM) can be arranged in the vehicle without any problem even if the occupant restraining device (S) is mounted together with the airbag device (ABM) on the vehicle.

Occupant restraining device

A clip engages an assist grip with an engaging portion of the clip engaged with a clip insertion hole of an attachment part. The assist grip is mounted to a body panel by engaging a first locking pawl of the clip with a rear surface of the body panel, and engaging a second locking pawl of the clip with a front surface of the body panel. A pressure plug is fitted into a rear end gap portion of the clip when a cap on the attachment part is closed.

Mounting structure and mounting method for vehicle interior parts

Occupant arresting device

In the illumination device of the invention, an LED is oppose to a side surface of a flat light guide member. A light shield surface for shielding light from the LED and emitted toward the backside of the guide member in vicinity of the LED on the backside of the light guide member.

Illumination device

The present invention relates to steering wheels of automobiles provided with communication systems employing light transmitters, comprising a steering shaft, a boss plate fixed on the tip of the steering shaft, a ring portion mounted to said boss plate, light emitters and light receivers provided with said boss plate therebetween to perform light communication, the light emitters comprising a plurality of emitting units while the light receivers comprise a plurality of receiving units corresponding to the emitting units of the emitters so as to transmit and receive signals with each other, thereby constituting a communication unit with a pair of emitting and receiving units, and a plurality of through holes formed on the boss plate in correspondence to the light emitting and light receiving units, which are more than the communication units and enable all the light signals of all the units for light communication to pass therethrough.

Steering wheel

A steering wheel comprising a pair of sun gears set facing each other, each sun gear comprising a wheel portion having an inner surface and a rim portion protruding along the outer circumference of the wheel portion, slip rings mounted on the inner surface of the wheel portions, and contact pins, that make sliding contact with the slip rings on the wheel portions, provided between the sun gears.

A steering wheel assembly including an insulated base having a surface; a plurality of segmented slip rings having surfaces, disposed separately on the insulated base along a circular line such that they are mutually insulated; a plurality of contact pins that make sliding contact with the segmented slip rings along the circular line, and are set facing the surfaces of the segmented slip rings; and interposing pieces provided between the adjacent segmented slip rings such that the contact pins can move smoothly across the segmented slip rings.

Steering wheel segmented slip ring and contact pin assembly

A relay mechanism for a steering wheel comprising a plurality of slip rings disposed isolated from each other in a circular track having a steering shaft as its center, and sliders, one provided at each slip ring. It further includes an arcuate common line slip ring extending so as to have a predetermined central angle, and a common line slider sliding on the common line slip ring with the steering shaft as its center, the common line slider being positioned at the midpoint of the common slip ring when the steering wheel is at its straight travel position. When the steering wheel is turned over more than a predetermined angle from its travel position, the common line connecting the slip rings and a power source is rendered non-conductive thereby to disable the signal transmission between the slip rings and electric devices.

Relay mechanism for a steering wheel

A steering wheel structure having a plate switch on a pad portion thereof, wherein the plate switch comprises a plurality of tape-shaped switches arranged side by side and at least one terminal member having a plurality of terminals protrudingly spaced apart thereon. Either the upper surface or the lower surface of the terminal member is electrically conductive. Ends of the tape-shaped switches are respectively connected with the terminals. The tape-shaped switches respectively have a pair of electrodes spaced vis-a-vis.

Steering wheel with tape switch assembly

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Aichi, Japan

Shuji Inui