INTERIOR MATERIAL MOUNTING STRUCTURE

• US 20120161460A1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Nakazawa, Yoshizumi, Ueda, Tomochika
• Granted Patent: US 8,955,895 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/1.08
• 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 13/0212 Roof or head liners movable head-liners B60J7/0007
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/025 Pillars; Roof rails
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2013/0293 Connection or positioning of adjacent panels

Abstract

A roof lining and a front pillar trim are mounted on a roof panel and a front pillar inner panel respectively, an end portion of the roof lining and an end portion of the front pillar trim are connected to each other, a washer hose feeder line and a tether belt are disposed from a space between the front pillar trim and the front pillar inner panel to a space between the roof lining and the roof panel, a projecting piece projecting toward the roof panel or the front pillar inner panel is provided on the end portion of at least one interior material out of the roof lining and the front pillar trim, and the washer hose feeder line and the tether belt are disposed to keep clear of the projecting piece.

Claims

1. An interior material mounting structure in which

an upper interior material and a lower interior material are mounted on a car body panel,

an end portion of the upper interior material and an end portion of the lower interior material are connected to each other, and

a rope-like body is disposed from a space between the lower interior material and the car body panel to a space between the upper interior material and the car body panel, the structure comprising

a projecting piece provided on the end portion of at least one interior material out of the upper interior material and the lower interior material to project toward the car body panel,

wherein the rope-like body is disposed to keep clear of the projecting piece.

2. The interior material mounting structure according to claim 1,

wherein the projecting piece is provided on the end portion of the upper interior material, and

wherein a clip hole for a clip fixing the end portion of the lower interior material to the car body panel is formed in the car body panel below the projecting piece.

3. The interior material mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein a projection end portion of the projecting piece abuts on the car body panel.

4. The interior material mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein a convex portion formed on the projection end portion of the projecting piece is fitted in a concave portion formed in the car body panel.

5. The interior material mounting structure according to claim 1,

wherein the upper interior material is a roof lining,

wherein the lower interior material is a front pillar trim, and

wherein the rope-like body is a tether belt of a head protection airbag.