Abstract: An air damper consists of a tubular cylinder with opposite ends, a piston movable in the cylinder, a first coil spring for resiliently biasing the piston in the direction of one end of the cylinder, a string for transferring dampening effect produced by a motion of the piston to an openable object, a shaft with a flange slidably fitted into the piston and a second coil spring interposed between the flange of the shaft and the piston inside the first coil spring. The second coil spring exerts a resilient biasing force at later stages of the motion of the piston in the direction of the other end of the tubular cylinder.

Abstract: An air damper consists of a tubular cylinder with opposite ends, a piston movable in the cylinder, a first coil spring for resiliently biasing the piston in the direction of one end of the cylinder, a string for transferring dampening effect produced by a motion of the piston to an openable object, a shaft with a flange slidably fitted into the piston and a second coil spring interposed between the flange of the shaft and the piston inside the first coil spring. The second coil spring exerts a resilient biasing force at later stages of the motion of the piston in the direction of the other end of the tubular cylinder.

Abstract: An improved glove box structure is provided in an instrument panel in a front compartment of a vehicle, which includes a frame member, extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and an instrument panel, supported by the frame member. The glove box structure includes a box, having at least front and rear box walls for forming a glove box, supported for swinging movement by the instrument panel structure. The glove box moves between a closed position, in which the front box wall is located within an opening formed in the instrument panel, and an open position, in which the rear box wall is located close to the opening. A knee protector is located, outside and above a path traversed by the glove box between the closed and open positions, inside the instrument panel structure for protecting knees of a passenger upon a collision. The knee protector includes a resiliently bendable member.