Abstract: A process for producing an exterior member/seal member assembly includes: a first step of moving a slide core to protrude into a major cavity defined between first and second dies and, and injecting a hard synthetic resin into an exterior-member forming cavity partitioned in the major cavity; and a second step of retracting the slide core and injecting a soft synthetic resin into a seal-member forming cavity which is a remaining portion of the major cavity. An outer-seal-lip forming portion is connected to an outer end of the seal-member forming cavity; a recess-shaped step is formed on one side face of the slide core and adapted to define an inner-seal-lip forming portion leading to the seal-member forming cavity between the step and an inner surface of a guide bore in the second die when the slide core is retracted; and the soft synthetic resin is filled into the outer and inner-seal-lip forming portions 15 and 16 at the second step.

Abstract: A method of two-stage injection molding of an air conditioner outlet vent device is provided, the device including a housing, a plurality of blades pivotably supported by the housing and disposed in parallel to each other within the housing, and a link operatively connecting the blades. The plurality of blades are injection-molded in a secondary injection step subsequent to a primary injection step in which the housing is molded. In the secondary injection step, a molten resin is injected into cavities formed within a mold device in a closed mold state from a plurality of gates provided in portions of the mold device corresponding to projections of the blades. It is thus possible to improve the strength of link shafts and the projections while preventing any malfunction of the blades pivoting and any deterioration of the surface appearance, as well as to increase the degrees of freedom in changing the gate diameter.

Abstract: In a structure of mounting a wheel cap to a wheel, a plurality of pairs of support plates are projectingly provided on an inner wall of the wheel cap made of a synthetic resin and arranged annularly so that the support plates in each pair are opposed to each other in a circumferential direction. A pair of elastic support legs extending from opposed surfaces of the support plates in each pair are integrally connected to each other to form a V-shape. A locking claw is formed on a connection between the support legs and capable of being engaged into a locking recess in an inner peripheral surface of a rim of the wheel. An annular setting spring is connected to the locking claws for biasing the locking claws in a direction to come into engagement in the locking recess. Thus, it is possible to form each of the support legs supporting each of the locking claws sufficiently long to enhance the flexibility of the support leg, thereby improving durability of the support legs and mounting property of the wheel cap.

Abstract: A composite molding is formed by welding and joining a foam to a substrate made of a synthetic resin, the foam including a hard skin layer and a foamed layer formed by foaming a foamable synthetic resin in an unhardened state within the skin layer as the pressure of a cavity is decreased, wherein the skin layer includes a cover covering the foamed layer and a collar projecting outward from the edge of the cover on the substrate side while being directly welded and joined to the surface of the substrate. Therefore, the edge of the skin layer on the substrate side can be adequately hardened, thereby enabling adequate formation of the foamed layer and adequate welding between the foam and the substrate.

Abstract: An impact absorbing member includes a plurality of synthetic resin foams arranged in a stack, the foams being formed from a hard skin layer and a foamed layer formed within the skin layer, thereby enhancing the productivity in manufacture of the impact absorbing member for a vehicle.

Abstract: A console for a vehicle includes a sliding-type lid which is mounted on a console body having a tray and which opens and closes an opening in an upper surface of the tray. A goods-supporting member is mounted on the lid and is capable of being selectively moved between an operative position in which it protrudes toward the opening in the tray to prevent the falling-down of goods put in an upright attitude in the tray, and a standby position in which it is housed in the lid, when the lid is in its opened position. Thus, it is possible to prevent the falling-down of the goods put in the upright attitude in the tray without bringing about decrease in internal volume of the tray and increase in size of the console body.

Abstract: An air conditioner outlet vent device includes a housing having a blow-out hole at its front end; a plurality of fins which are supported in parallel in the blow-out hole and each of which is capable of pivoting about its axis, the axes being parallel to one another; a common link which extends in an arrangement direction of the fins and to which the fins are pivotably connected at their rear ends; a pair of outer fins disposed at opposite ends in the arrangement direction of the fins, the outer fins each integrally including a shield plate which protrudes toward one of a pair of sidewalls of the housing so as to define opposite ends of the blow-out hole. In this device, a distance between a support point of each of the outer fins in the housing and a linkage point of the outer fin to the link is set larger than a distance between a support point of each of the fins other than the outer fins and its linkage point to the link.

Abstract: In an air conditioner outlet vent device in which a plurality of second blades are arranged behind a plurality of first blades in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the first blades are arranged. The second blades are linked to a common link member, supported in a housing in a pivotable manner, and can be pivoted by an operating knob that can slide in the direction in which the second blades are arranged. A cut out recess opening toward the first blades and a pair of covers covering opposite sides of the cut out recess are provided on one of the second blades, and an engaging arm provided on the operating knob is inserted into the cut out recess so that the engaging arm can engage with one of the two covers. It is possible thereby to increase the amount of air blown out, and to enhance the air directing performance by making the gaps between the second blades relatively small.

Abstract: An air conditioner outlet vent device in which one of a blade and a housing is molded as a primary molding having a shaft hole by primary injection using a first synthetic resin, the other is molded, within a secondary mold die where the primary molding has been set, as a secondary molding having a support shaft by secondary injection using a second synthetic resin so that the shaft hole and the support shaft are fitted together at the same time as they are molded, thereby enabling the blade to pivot within the housing. The first and second synthetic resins are of the same synthetic resin system, and an additive for suppressing shrinkage in cooling and solidifying it after injection molding is added to the first synthetic resin so that the percentage mold shrinkage of the shaft hole becomes smaller than that of the support shaft.

Abstract: In an air conditioner outlet vent device in which a plurality of second blades are arranged behind a plurality of first blades in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the first blades are arranged. The second blades are linked to a common link member, supported in a housing in a pivotable manner, and can be pivoted by an operating knob that can slide in the direction in which the second blades are arranged. A cut out recess opening toward the first blades and a pair of covers covering opposite sides of the cut out recess are provided on one of the second blades, and an engaging arm provided on the operating knob is inserted into the cut out recess so that the engaging arm can engage with one of the two covers. It is possible thereby to increase the amount of air blown out, and to enhance the air directing performance by making the gaps between the second blades relatively small.

Abstract: In a supporting structure for an instrument panel of a motor vehicle, an energy absorbing member made of a synthetic resin foam is placed between a reinforcing member which is linked to the vehicle body and an instrument panel which is made of a synthetic resin and supported by the reinforcing member, and when the head of an occupant collides with the upper surface of the instrument panel the collision energy is absorbed by destroying foamed cells of the energy absorbing member 9 as the instrument panel is deformed or destroyed. Thus, the impact caused when the head of the occupant collides with the upper surface of the instrument panel can effectively be absorbed while enabling the reinforcing member and the instrument panel to be placed close to each other.

Abstract: A support boss made of a synthetic resin is integrally formed on an air conditioning duct made of a synthetic resin and coupled to a steering hanger member in an automobile so as to cover the steering hanger member. An instrument panel made of a synthetic resin is welded or bonded to the air conditioning duct. Thus, an assembly of interior parts at a front portion of the automobile, including the steering hanger member, and the air conditioning duct and the instrument panel which are supported on the steering hanger member, can be formed without use of threaded members, or with a decreased number of threaded members used.

Abstract: A panel body of an instrument panel in an automobile is formed of a synthetic resin foam. A duct element made of a synthetic resin foam having a compatibility with the panel body is welded to a back of the panel body to define air-conditioning air passages between the panel body and the duct element. Thus, the instrument panel also serves as a single duct element. Therefore, it is possible to provide an inexpensive air conditioning duct device in an automobile, which can be produced from a decreased number of parts and at a decreased number of assembling steps.

Abstract: A molding equipment for making composite molded article having:(a) a fixed side mold having a convex portion integral with a gate; the convex portion being formed according to the shape of the molded article; the gate being used for injecting melted resin into a resin molding space;(b) a movable side mold capable of being moved close to and away from the fixed side mold; the movable side mold having a concave portion; the concave portion being joined with the convex portion of the fixed side mold (1) to form the resin molding space when the molding equipment is clamped;(c) a set of slide cores being mounted between the fixed side mold (1) and the movable side mold; the slide cores being movable toward and away from the fixed side mold; and(d) a skin material setting frame being mounted between the fixed side mold and the slide cores; the skin material setting frame being capable of setting a skin material.

Abstract: An air conditioning blow-out port device includes a housing of a synthetic resin having pairs of shaft holes provided in a coaxial arrangement in opposite wall portions of a peripheral wall to extend through the opposed wall portions, and a plurality of blades each having a pair of support shafts which are projectingly provided coaxially on opposite end faces of each of blade bodies disposed within the housing. The support shafts are rotatably fitted into shaft holes, with each of tip ends thereof projecting from an outer surface of each of the opposed wall portions. A plurality of pairs of bosses are provided on the opposed wall portions and located coaxially with the shaft holes to define inlet openings of the shaft holes at sides of inner surfaces of the opposed wall portions and to abut against opposite end faces of the blade bodies. A plurality of pairs of recesses are provided in the opposed wall portions and located coaxially with the shaft holes.

Abstract: An air-conditioning blow-out port device includes a housing of synthetic resin; a plurality of blades of synthetic resin each having a blade body disposed within the housing pairs of shaft bores provided in a coaxial arrangement in each pair in opposed portions of a peripheral wall of the housing; a pair of support shafts projectingly provided on opposite ends of the blade body and rotatably fitted in the shaft bores. A pivotal mounting portion is provided on each of the blades, and an interlocking link interlockingly connects the pivotal mounting portions of the blades. The pivotal mounting portion is comprised of a pivotal supporting shaft which is projectingly provided in parallel to the support shaft at an end of each blade body to extend through a pivotal supporting bore in the interlocking link, and a slip-off preventing projection provided at a tip end of the pivotal supporting shaft to engage an edge of the pivotal supporting bore.

Abstract: In two-stage injection molding of a blow-out port device including a housing of synthetic resin, which includes pairs of shaft bores provided in a coaxial arrangement in opposed wall portions of a peripheral wall to extend through the opposed wall portions, and a plurality of blades of synthetic resin which each include a pair of support shafts projectingly provided at opposite ends of a blade body disposed within the housing and rotatably fitted in the shaft bores, the following steps are used: a primary injection step for forming the housing; a secondary injection step for forming blade bodies by using shaft bores in the housing as support shaft-forming cavities; a step of permitting the blow-out port device to be left on one of opening/closing dies by utilizing protrusion fitted in recesses formed in the housing; and a step of bringing ejector pins into abutment against rear edges of the blades to push-off the blow-out port device from the opening/closing die.

Abstract: In producing a blow-out port device in a two-stage inject:on molding process by use of synthetic resin, the blow-out port device having a housing including pairs of shaft bores and pairs of circular section bosses both provided in and on opposed wall portion of a peripheral wall of the housing, and a plurality of blades each including a pair of protruding portions provided at opposite ends of each of blade bodies disposed within the housing to abut against a pair of boss and to have the same outside diameter as the boss, and a pair of support shafts projectingly provided on end faces of the protruding portions and turnably fitted in the shaft bores, the housing is forced at a primary injection step, and then, the blades are formed at a secondary injection step by use of the shaft bores in the housing as support shaft-forming cavities. Thus, it is possible to provide an air-conditioning blow-out port device having an improved appearance around a mounting portion of each blade.

Abstract: An air-conditioning blow-out port unit comprises a housing formed by a primary injection molding of synthetic resin and having a plurality of coaxially arranged shaft holes provided in opposed sidewalls, and a plurality of blades formed in the housing by a secondary injection molding of synthetic resin and each having a pair of support shafts projectingly provided at the opposite sides of a blade body and turnably fitted in each pair of the shaft holes. In this air-conditioning blow-out port unit, an extra shaft portion is consecutively formed on the support shaft to project outwardly from the housing with the same diameter as the support shaft, and a flange is formed between the support shaft and the blade body in an opposed relation to an inner surface of the housing. With this unit, a turning feeling of the blade can be stablized irrespective of thermal expansion and shrinkage of the housing and the blade.