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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Junichi Fujita, Kiyosu, JP;
Shunta Asakuma, Kiyosu, JP;
Chiharu Totani, Kiyosu, JP;
Minoru Toda, Kiyosu, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
An instrument panel has a substrate and a cover formed by laminating a cushion layer on the back surface of a cover body. A terminal portion of the cushion layer includes a body portion and a peripheral edge portion. The peripheral edge portion is plastically deformed into a compressed state and located around the body portion. The terminal portion of the substrate includes a flat portion and a flange portion. The flange portion surrounds the flat portion in a state of protruding to the top side. The cover is adhered onto the terminal portion of the substrate by adhering the body portion onto the flat portion and adhering the peripheral edge portion onto the flange portion. The peripheral edge portion is adhered onto the flange portion in a state where the peripheral edge portion is folded along the top surface and a side surface of the flange portion.