Luggage side trim and mounting structure of mounting the luggage side trim

• US 10,406,996 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2017
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Ono, Teruki, Sato, Haruko
• Primary Examiner(s): Morrow, Jason S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hicks, E Turner
• Application Number:
  US15/824,202
• Publication Number:
  US 20180148004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 2961467, 296191
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0206 Arrangements of fasteners and clips specially adapted for attaching inner vehicle liners or mouldings devices for fastening or securing F16B
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0268 Rear parcel liners used as luggage covering means B60R5/044

Abstract

A luggage side trim includes a body portion having an upper edge portion extending in a vehicular front-rear direction, a wall portion extending in a vehicular width direction from a part of the upper edge portion, the wall portion having an insertion hole through which a damper is to be inserted, and a slit that is communicated with the insertion hole and extends upward and toward a vehicular exterior side from the insertion hole and has a damper insertion opening being open toward the vehicular exterior side, the damper insertion opening receiving the damper that is to be guided along the slit toward the insertion hole when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel. When the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, an upper edge of the upper edge portion is above the damper.

Claims

1. A luggage side trim that is to be a part of a side wall of a luggage room and to be mounted on a vehicular panel, the luggage side trim comprising:

a body portion having a vehicular exterior surface facing the vehicular panel and an upper edge portion extending in a vehicular front-rear direction;

a wall portion extending in a vehicular width direction from a part of the upper edge portion,

the wall portion having an insertion hole through which a damper is to be inserted, the damper extending in a vehicular front-rear direction and being connected to a U-arm that is connected to a vehicular luggage door closing the luggage room, and

the wall portion further having a slit that is communicated with the insertion hole and extends upward and toward a vehicular exterior side from the insertion hole and has a damper insertion opening being open toward the vehicular exterior side, the damper insertion opening receiving the damper that is to be guided along the slit toward the insertion hole when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, wherein

when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, an upper edge of the upper edge portion is above the damper.

2. The luggage side trim according to claim 1, further comprising a bottom portion that extends perpendicularly from the body portion and forms a part of a floor surface of the luggage room, wherein

the body portion includes a recessed portion recessed toward the vehicular exterior side.

3. The luggage side trim according to claim 1, wherein

when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, the upper edge portion overlaps the damper that is through the insertion hole and a part of the U-arm that is within the luggage room when the luggage door is open, and the upper edge portion is on the vehicular exterior side with respect to the damper and the part of the U-arm.

4. The luggage side trim according to claim 1, wherein the insertion hole is vertically elongated.

5. The luggage side trim according to claim 1, wherein

the upper edge portion has a projection portion projecting toward a vehicular interior side and extending in the vehicular front-rear direction,

the projection portion includes the wall portion at a vehicular rear end thereof, and

the projection portion has a damper arrangement portion in which the damper that is through the insertion hole is arranged when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, and the damper arrangement portion has an opening that is open toward the vehicular exterior side and through which the damper is inserted.

6. A mounting structure of mounting the luggage side trim according to claim 1 on the vehicular panel within the luggage room, wherein

the upper edge portion of the body portion is inserted in a space between the vehicular panel and each of the U-arm and the damper from a lower side such that the damper insertion opening receives the damper and the damper is guided along the slit to the insertion hole, and

when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, an upper edge of the upper edge portion is above the damper in an open state that the luggage door is open.

7. The mounting structure according to claim 6, wherein

the luggage side trim further includes a bottom portion that extends perpendicularly from the body portion and forms a part of a floor surface of the luggage room,

the slit receives the damper through the damper insertion opening and the damper is fit in the insertion hole while the luggage side trim being moved upward and toward the vehicular exterior side, and

the bottom portion is horizontally arranged and on a same plane as a floor surface when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel.

8. The mounting structure according to claim 6, wherein

the luggage side trim further includes a bottom portion that extends perpendicularly from the body portion and forms a part of a floor surface of the luggage room, and

the body portion includes a recessed portion recessed toward the vehicular exterior side.

9. The mounting structure according to claim 6, wherein

when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, the upper edge portion overlaps the damper that is through the insertion hole and a part of the U-arm that is within the luggage room when the luggage door is open, and the upper edge portion is on the vehicular exterior side with respect to the damper and the part of the U-arm.

10. The mounting structure according to claim 6, wherein the insertion hole is vertically elongated such that the damper is movable.

11. The mounting structure according to claim 6, wherein

the upper edge portion has a projection portion projecting toward a vehicular interior side and extending in the vehicular front-rear direction,

the projection portion includes the wall portion at a vehicular rear end thereof, and

the projection portion has a damper arrangement portion in which the damper that is through the insertion hole is arranged when the luggage side trim is mounted on the vehicular panel, and the damper arrangement portion has an opening that is open toward the vehicular exterior side and through which the damper is inserted.