IP Library Granted Patent US 10,434,957
Granted Patent B2
US 10,434,957 · App. 16/075,019 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Vehicle interior structure

Inventors: Takahiro Toriumi (Saitama, JP); Kazuhiro Matsuda (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
B60R13/0206B60R13/0256B60R7/04B60R2013/0293
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Patent No.
US 10,434,957
App. No.
16/075,019
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To prevent a vehicle body member from being damaged when an interior component is attached. In a vehicle interior structure, an interior component is fastened to a vehicle body member provided interior of a vehicle by an engagement portion. The engagement portion includes a hole formed in the vehicle body member, a claw portion provided in the interior component, and a pedestal provided in a base part of the claw portion. A guide portion is provided in the vehicle body member to guide the pedestal before the claw portion is fitted into the hole to engage with the hole, so as to prevent an end portion of the interior component from contacting the vehicle body member.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle interior structure comprising:

a vehicle body member provided in an interior of a vehicle;

an interior component attached to the vehicle body member;

an engagement portion that fastens the interior component to the vehicle body member; and

a guide portion provided in the vehicle body member, wherein

the engagement portion comprises a hole formed in the vehicle body member, a claw portion provided in the interior component, and a pedestal provided in a base part of the claw portion,

the guide portion guides the pedestal before the claw portion is fitted into the hole to engage with the hole, so as to prevent an end portion of the interior component from contacting the vehicle body member, and

the guide portion is free from guiding the pedestal when the claw portion is fitted into the hole to engage with the hole.

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

the guide portion extends in a fitting direction of the claw portion into the hole, and

the guide portion is shorter than the pedestal.

3. The vehicle interior structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle body member comprises an instrument panel and a center member mounted on a center portion of the instrument panel in a vehicle width direction,

the interior component is a glove box disposed close to the center member, and

the guide portion prevents an end portion of the glove box from contacting a portion of the center member, which is exposed inside the interior of the vehicle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2025
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071577/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2018
From: TORIUMI, TAKAHIRO; MATSUDA, KAZUHIRO
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047473/0972 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-019058 · Feb 3, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190039534A1 · Feb 7, 2019