Interior trim element for a vehicle door trim

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9527458-B2
Application number	US-201514975281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Priority date	Dec 18, 2014
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

An interior trim element for a vehicle door trim may comprise an arm rest and a material pad. The arm rest may comprise a plurality of elongated support elements and a plurality of elongated recesses disposed in regions between the elongated support elements. The arm rest may be configured to couple to an inner side of a door trim beam in a direction perpendicular to the beam. The elongated support elements may be oriented substantially parallel to the beam. The pad may cover the support elements.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An interior trim element for a door trim of a vehicle, comprising:
a beam having an inner side;
an arm rest coupled to the inner side of the beam in a direction perpendicular to the beam, the arm rest comprising:
a plurality of elongated support elements oriented substantially parallel to the beam, wherein a height of each of the support elements tapers in a direction towards an interior of the vehicle; and
a plurality of elongated recesses disposed in regions between the support elements; and

a pad covering the support elements.

2. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses comprise longitudinal slots extending in a direction substantially parallel to the beam, the longitudinal slots configured to separate at least two support elements.

3. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses are provided between base regions of the support elements.

4. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein the support elements comprise ribs, each rib extending in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

5. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein the support elements are disposed in an upper region of the arm rest.

6. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein the support elements extend rectilinearly in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

7. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein the pad comprises a foam material.

8. The interior trim element according to claim 7 , wherein the foam material is arranged between the support elements in an upper region of the arm rest.

9. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein the arm rest is arranged in an oblique position with respect to a perpendicular of the inner side of the beam.

10. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein an upper region of the arm rest tapers in a direction towards an interior of the vehicle.

11. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein:
the beam is stepless at least in a region at which the arm rest couples to the inner side of the beam, and
the arm rest is coupled to the inner side of the beam in a cantilever beam-like manner.

12. The interior trim element according to claim 1 , wherein the arm rest is a single-piece, off-tool injection-molded element.

13. An arm rest for a door trim of a vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of elongated support elements oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein a height of each of the support elements tapers in a direction towards an interior of the vehicle; and
a plurality of elongated recesses disposed in regions between the support elements.

14. The arm rest according to claim 13 , wherein the recesses comprise longitudinal slots extending in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the longitudinal slots configured to separate at least two support elements.

15. The arm rest according to claim 13 , wherein the recesses are provided between base regions of the support elements.

16. The arm rest according to claim 13 , wherein the support elements comprise ribs, each rib extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

17. An interior trim element for a door trim of a vehicle, comprising:
a beam having an inner side;
an arm rest coupled to the inner side of the beam in a direction perpendicular to the beam, wherein an upper region of the arm rest tapers in a direction towards an interior of the vehicle, the arm rest comprising:
a plurality of elongated support elements oriented substantially parallel to the beam; and
a plurality of elongated recesses disposed in regions between the support elements; and

a pad covering the support elements.

18. The interior trim element according to claim 17 , wherein the recesses comprise longitudinal slots extending in a direction substantially parallel to the beam, the longitudinal slots configured to separate at least two support elements.

19. The interior trim element according to claim 17 , wherein the recesses are provided between base regions of the support elements.

20. The interior trim element according to claim 17 , wherein the support elements extend rectilinearly in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Draexlmaier Lisa Gmbh

Inventors

• Sperl Thomas
• Graf Friedrich

Classifications

• B60R13/0243 Primary

  Doors · CPC title

• B60N2/466

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2/46

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2/78

  post or panel mounted · CPC title