Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha

Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd.

Yoshiaki Maesoba

Mamoru Yamaguchi

Fumitaka Hirose

Isao Yamanaka

Eiji Fujii

Hiroyuki Ishida

Kazumi Kojima

A shock absorber includes a first shock absorbing member formed of a foam, and a second shock absorbing member formed of a foam and having hardness greater than the first shock absorbing member. The first shock absorbing member and the second shock absorbing member are arranged in adjacent to each other and connected to each other such that a part of one of the first shock absorbing member and the second shock absorbing member is surrounded by another one of the first shock absorbing member and the second shock absorbing member, thereby the first shock absorbing member and the second shock absorbing member are connected integrally with each other.

Shock absorber and vehicular door trim including the same

A shock absorber assembly includes a shock absorber, a utility part, and a flexible member. The shock absorber is provided to a vehicular interior part that is mounted on a compartment inner side of a body panel, and the shock absorber includes a mounting portion that is mounted to a compartment outer side surface of the vehicular interior part. The utility part is provided to the vehicular interior part. The flexible member covers a peripheral surface of the shock absorber, and a part of the flexible member is held by the vehicular interior part and the utility part to support and mount the shock absorber to the vehicular interior part.

Shock absorber assembly

A door trimhaving a side-impact absorption capability includes a basehaving suction holesand grooveson a rear side between the adjacent suction holes. The baseis covered with a top coverthat is clung to a surface of the baseby applying vacuum through the suction holes. The suction holesand the groovesdeform in conjunction with each other in a side collision and this improves the side-impact absorption capability.

Vehicle interior part

A mounting structure of a grip with integrated handle to a door panel includes the grip, a door trim to which the grip is mounted, a bracket, an overlapping portion and a handle fastening portion. The grip includes a grip portion and a handle portion that are integrally formed. The bracket is arranged so as to extend from an end of the grip portion to the handle portion. The overlapping portion includes a part of the grip, a part of the door trim and a part of the bracket held together so as to overlap with one another. The handle fastening portion is provided for fastening the handle portion to the door panel and with which the bracket is to be fixed to the door panel.

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Kariya, Japan

Yoshiaki Maesoba