MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514117626 A) filed by Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha on November 26, 2025, for Vehicular Interior Component.

Inventors include Iinuma, Atsushi; Okamoto, Kenji; Mizuno, Yuki; Matsushita, Yoshifumi -; and Kobayashi, Yuichi.

The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.

Abstract: A vehicular interior component includes a projection portion (21) projecting toward a vehicular interior side and configured as an armrest (11), a switch base (40) configured as an upper surface of the armrest (11), and a decoration member (70) configured as a vehicular interior side surface of the armrest (11). The switch base (40) includes a switch base body (41) that covers the projection portion (21) from above and a fitting portion (60) extending from the switch base body (41) and having a through hole (61A) that is through in an upper-bottom direction. The fitting portion (60) includes a first extending portion (61) that extends from the switch base body (41) toward the vehicular interior side, and a second extending portion (62) that is contacted with the wall portion (25) from the vehicular interior side. The decoration member (70) includes a decoration member body (71) that covers the wall portion (25) from the vehicular interior side and a first stopper piece (81) that is inserted in the through hole (61A) from above and is contacted with an inner surface of the through hole (61A) from the vehicular exterior side. With such a configuration, the components of the armrest are less likely to move. Fig. 7

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