Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Takeshi Yamawaki

Kunio Nishiyama

Hirofumi Kume

Tatuya Saitou

Sigemi Sugimori

A vehicle body construction for a ceiling in the passenger compartment in a vehicle. The body construction comprises a ceiling trim device for concealing a gap defined between the inner end of a weather strip and the inner roof panel, and a clip inserted between the ceiling trim device and the inner roof panel, whereby the ceiling trim device is attached onto the inner roof panel by the clip.

Vehicle body ceiling seal construction

A rear seat of an automobile, capable of selectively securing thereto with either one of a separate type seat back divided into two sections in the widthwise direction of the automobile, the respective sections being forwardly foldable independently of each other, and including a frame which includes reinforcement members to reinforce the outer peripheries of the main panels, or a bench type seat back being integral in the widthwise direction of the automobile and forwardly foldable, wherein a frame of the bench type seat back is of such an arrangement that the right and left main panels in the separate type seat back are integrally connected through reinforcement members to each other in such a manner that the two main panels are parallelly arranged on the right and left.

Rear seat of an automobile

A seat frame wherein erect walls constituting the peripheral wall of the seat frame are bent to form columnar reinforcement ribs, and flange portions being the upper end faces of the reinforcement ribs are formed with mounting parts for a spring base, so that even when the peripheral wall of the seat frame is subjected to an intense tensile load inwards, it is prevented from turning inwardly to be deformed or damaged.

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Okazaki, Japan

Takeshi Yamawaki