Patent ID: 8215699

Claim:
A mounting structure between a door trim and a door panel for use in a vehicle, the mounting structure comprising: a resin-made shock absorbing member including: a cross-shaped rib including four ribs coupled into a cross shape and arranged perpendicular to the door trim, the cross-shaped rib having a coupling portion including ends of the four ribs coupled together in the cross shape; an outer wall portion coupled to a side edge of at least one of the ribs such that a surface of the outer wall portion is perpendicular to the at least one of the ribs, the outer wall portion having a contact edge in contact with the door trim; and a mounting bearing portion projecting from the contact edge of the outer wall portion along the door trim and configured to be fixed to the door trim together with the cross-shaped rib and the outer wall portion; movement restricting members each including a pair of projections arranged opposite each other on the door trim with space therebetween in which corresponding one of the ribs is to be arranged when the shock absorbing member is fixed to the door trim at a normal position so as to restrict the ribs from moving relative to the door trim at side impact; and support members each including a pair of projections arranged on the door trim, each projection is connected to a surface of corresponding one of the projections of the movement restricting members away from the corresponding one of the ribs so as to restrict the corresponding one of the projections of the movement restricting members from collapsing at the side impact.