Interior parts for a vehicle

• US 20070075531A1
• Filed: 09/28/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inoac Corporation (Inoue Rubber Public Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Inoac Corporation (Inoue Rubber Public Company Limited)
• Inventors: Tsuge, Hisao
• Granted Patent: US 7,717,458 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.200
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/02 Internal Trim mouldings ; Internal Ledges; Wall liners for passenger compartments; Roof liners B60R13/01 takes precedence ; padded linings for the vehicle interior B60R21/04; arrangements or adaptations of floor mats or carpets in vehicles B60N3/04; internal lining for trains B61D17/18
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0243 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/025 Pillars; Roof rails
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2013/0287 integrating other functions or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44026 for cooperating with aperture in supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

Abstract

Interior parts for vehicles such as a front pillar garnish having a mounting bracket 32 to which a mounting clip 40 is connected so that the front pillar garnish is mounted to a front pillar. The mounting bracket 32 is formed on the inner side (that faces the front pillar) of the garnish main body 30 and has an inclined guiding portion 70 in its accommodating space 36 so that the flexible portion 46 of the mounting clip 40 inserted into the accommodating space 36 is bent inside the mounting bracket 32 by the inclined guiding portion 70, and the second engaging portion 50 at the distal end of the flexible portion 46 is prevented from contacting the garnish main body 30 by way of the opening 72 of the mounting bracket 32, thus allowing the mounting clip 40 not to be forcibly pressed against the garnish main body 30.

Claims

1. An interior part for a vehicle which is mounted to vehicle body portions, having air bag components therein, with an aid of a mounting device after a flexible portion having a predetermined length and extending from said mounting device is inserted into a mounting bracket protruding with a predetermined height from an inner side of said interior part, said interior part comprising:

a guiding portion against which said inserted flexible portion touches and is biased said guiding portion being provided in an accommodating space located inside said mounting bracket.

2. The interior part for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said guiding portion is inclined with respect to an insertion direction of said flexible portion into said mounting bracket.

3. The interior part for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein an interference avoiding means for avoiding contact with an engaging portion provided in a distal end of said flexible portion is provided in one side of said mounting bracket facing an inclined surface of said guiding portion.

4. The interior part for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said interior part is a pillar garnish.

5. A pillar garnish for a vehicle which is mounted to a vehicle body having air bag components therein with an aid of a mounting clip after a flexible portion having a predetermined length and extending from said mounting clip is inserted into a mounting bracket which is formed on an inner surface of said pillar garnish so as to protrude with a predetermined height from the inner surface of said pillar garnish, said pillar garnish comprising:

a guiding portion against which said inserted flexible portion touches and is biased, said guiding portion being provided in an accommodating space located inside said mounting bracket so as to extend in an inclined shape, and

an interference avoiding means for avoiding contact with an engaging portion provided in a distal end of said flexible portion, said interference avoiding means being provided on one side of said mounting bracket facing an inclined surface of said guiding portion.