Mazda Motor Corporation

Tetsuhiro Iwaki

Kazuhiro Matsuhashi

Junsuke Inoue

Katunari Ose

Hazime Seikaku

A cargo blocking device for a vehicle that prevents cargo from moving forward beyond a rear passenger seat in an event of a front end collision on a sudden stop of the vehicle. The cargo blocking device can include a blocking frame connected to a backrest of the rear passenger seat. The seat cushion can be hinged to move to an approximately upright vertical position and the backrest can be positioned in an approximately horizontal rest position.

Cargo blocking device for vehicle

A trim for a vehicle having a trim body and a weaterstrip which is in contact with an inner surface of a window glass in an outer side of an upper end of the trim body. A flange part projecting outwardly and extending along the upper end of the trim body is formed at the trim body. A plurality of boss parts are formed integrally with the trim body under the flange part with proper intervals between the boss parts along the upper end of the trim body. The weatherstrip is fixed to the boss parts by bolt members, wherein an inner surface of the weatherstrip contacts with outer ends of the flange part and the boss parts.

Trim for a vehicle

An automotive door trim mounting structure comprises a center pillar disposed between a front door and a rear door, and has the rear door hinged to be opened and closed. A rear door trim includes a main body portion mounted to an interior side of the rear door to cover the interior side, and an extension formed at the front end of the main body portion which extends toward the front door so as to cover the interior side of the center pillar. As the center pillar is covered with the rear door trim, the front and rear door trims appear as if they are continuous, thus obtaining a preferred interior design for the automobile. The extension of the rear door trim has a surface opposing the center pillar so as to cover the center pillar, and also the center pillar has a surface opposing the extension of the rear door trim; and one or both of such opposing surfaces are provided with an elastic member so that fingers, if caught between the extension of the door trim and the center pillar, will be protected by the elastic member.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Tetsuhiro Iwaki