US 12,071,091 B2
Vehicle door trim
Kenji Inagaki, Ota (JP); and Shunya Watanabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Shigeru Co., LTD., Ota (JP); and Subaru Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SHIGERU CO., LTD., Ota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/140,281.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-078648 (JP), filed on May 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0365090 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/0428 (2013.01) [B60R 13/0243 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door trim comprising:
a door trim body made of resin; and
a side collision energy absorbing structure disposed on an outside of the door trim body in a vehicle width direction, wherein the side collision energy absorbing structure comprises:
a first energy absorber made of resin and formed as a separate body from the door trim body, wherein the first energy absorber is disposed so as to be protruded from the door trim body outwardly in the vehicle width direction, and wherein the first energy absorber comprises:
a peripheral wall disposed over a generally entire periphery of the first energy absorber, wherein a basal end of the peripheral wall is fixed to the door trim body; and
an end wall that closes a distal end of the peripheral wall; and
a second energy absorber integrally formed with the door trim body so as to be protruded outward in the vehicle width direction, wherein the second energy absorber is disposed in an inner space of the first energy absorber, and
wherein a distal end portion of the second energy absorber is spaced from the end wall of the first energy absorber in the vehicle width direction.