Vehicle interior material

• US 9,327,656 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2014
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hayashi Telempu Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hayashi Telempu Company Limited
• Inventors: Sugie, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): VERLEY, NICOLE T
• Application Number:
  US14/559,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20150191140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/025 Pillars; Roof rails
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2013/0287 integrating other functions or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0414 using energy absorbing ribs
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0435 associated with the side or roof pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0442 associated with the roof panel
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/04 Padded linings for the vehicle interior ; Energy absorbing structures associated with padded or non-padded linings

Abstract

The present invention discloses a vehicle interior material that is integrally formed, the vehicle interior material comprising an impact absorbing rib that is extended from a counter surface facing a vehicle body panel, an insertion portion that is inserted into a hole formed on the vehicle body panel; and a base portion that has a thick portion that is thicker than the impact absorbing rib, is extended from the counter surface, and is integrated with the insertion portion at a tip portion of the base portion.

Claims

1. A vehicle interior material that is integrally formed, the vehicle interior material comprising:

an impact absorbing rib that is extended from a counter surface facing a vehicle body panel;

an insertion portion that is inserted into a hole formed on the vehicle body panel; and

a base portion that has a thick portion that is thicker than the impact absorbing rib, is extended from the counter surface, and is integrated with the insertion portion at a tip portion of the base portion,

the base portion has a head portion integrated with the insertion portion at the tip portion of the base portion; and

the insertion portion gradually becomes thicker from a tip portion of the insertion portion toward the head portion.

2. The vehicle interior material according to claim 1, wherein

the base portion has first and second wall portions that face each other across a space and lead from the counter surface to the head portion, and

the thick portion is provided astride the head portion and at least one of the first and second wall portions.

3. The vehicle interior material according to claim 2, wherein

a distance between the first wall portion at a connection part to the head portion and the second wall portion at a connection part to the head portion is narrower than a distance between the first wall portion at a connection part to the counter surface and the second wall portion at a connection part to the counter surface.

4. The vehicle interior material according to claim 2, wherein

the head portion has:

a first edge portion connected to the first wall portion;

a second edge portion connected to the second wall portion; and

third and fourth edge portions connected to both the first edge portion and the second edge portion while being separated with each other, and

the base portion has a third wall portion that leads from the counter surface to the third edge portion.

5. The vehicle interior material according to claim 4, wherein

the thick portion is provided astride the third wall portion and at least one of the first and second wall portions.

6. The vehicle interior material according to claim 4, wherein

at least one of the first wall portion, the second wall portion, and the third wall portion has a root portion connected to the counter surface;

and

the root portion has a thin portion that is thinner than the thick portion.

7. The vehicle interior material according to claim 2, wherein

at least one of outer surfaces of the first wall portion and the second wall portion is connected to the impact absorbing rib.

8. The vehicle interior material according to claim 2, wherein

the head portion has a panel side surface facing the vehicle body panel;

and

outer surfaces of the insertion portion are extended outward from a virtual axis that is along an insertion direction toward the hole of the vehicle body panel at a connection part to the head portion so that the outer surfaces are aligned with the panel side surface of the head portion.

9. The vehicle interior material according to claim 1, wherein

the insertion portion has a plurality of divided ribs that are branched so as to be directed toward an edge portion of the hole of the vehicle body panel.

10. The vehicle interior material according to claim 9, wherein

the divided ribs are thicker than the thick portion.

11. The vehicle interior material according to claim 1, wherein

the insertion portion is arranged separated from the edge portion of the hole of the vehicle body panel when the insertion portion is mounted on the vehicle body panel.