IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,821,916
Granted Patent B2
US 10,821,916 · App. 16/345,646 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Automobile interior component

Inventors: Tatsushi Ohno (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuaki Seki (Atsugi, JP); Yuki Kumazawa (Ebina, JP)
Assignee: KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,821,916
App. No.
16/345,646
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automotive interior component includes a base member including a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface provided between the front surface and the back surface; and a skin material integrated with the base member. The skin material is integrated with the front surface and the side surface. The side surface of the base member is continuous to the front surface of the base member while forming an acute angle of angle α therewith. The skin material includes an end surface extending along the side surface of the base member. The present invention provides the automotive interior component with a neat appearance.

Claims (23)

1. An automotive interior component comprising:

a base member including a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface provided between the front surface and the back surface;

a skin material integrated with the base member; and

a fillet provided between the front surface and the side surface, the fillet having a radius falling within a range of 2 mm to 5 mm inclusive, wherein

the skin material is integrated with the front surface and the side surface,

the side surface of the base member is continuous to the front surface of the base member while forming an acute angle of angle α with the front surface of the base member, and

the skin material includes an end having an end surface extending along the side surface of the base member at a position corresponding to a boundary between the back surface and the side surface.

2. The automotive interior component according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness t of the automotive interior component and the angle α satisfy a relational expression:

α≤π/2−tan −1 (1/ t ).

3. An automotive interior component comprising:

a base member including a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface provided between the front surface and the back surface; and

a skin material integrated with the base member, wherein

the skin material is integrated with the front surface and the side surface,

the side surface of the base member is continuous to the front surface of the base member while forming an acute angle of angle α with the front surface of the base member,

the skin material includes an end surface extending along the side surface of the base member, and

the skin material includes an end including a tab bent from the side surface of the base member in a direction becoming separated from the side surface of the base member.

4. The automotive interior component according to claim 3 , wherein the tab has a dimension with which the tab is hidden behind the skin material without being caught by a line of sight directed from outside to inside relative to the automotive interior component.

5. The automotive interior component according to claim 4 , wherein a thickness t of the automotive interior component and the angle α satisfy a relational expression:

α≤π/2−tan −1 (1/ t ).

6. The automotive interior component according to claim 4 , further comprising a fillet provided between the front surface and the side surface, the fillet having a radius falling within a range of 2 mm to 5 mm inclusive.

7. The automotive interior component according to claim 3 , wherein a thickness t of the automotive interior component and the angle α satisfy a relational expression:

α≤π/2−tan −1 (1/ t ).

8. The automotive interior component according to claim 3 , further comprising a fillet provided between the front surface and the side surface, the fillet having a radius falling within a range of 2 mm to 5 mm inclusive.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2019
From: OHNO, TATSUSHI; SEKI, NOBUAKI; KUMAZAWA, YUKI
To: KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049011/0013 →
Continuity (1)
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