Console Patents (Class 296/24.34)
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Patent number: 12254852Abstract: A display controlling method, an in-vehicle display device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided in the present disclosure. The display controlling method is applied to the in-vehicle display device. The in-vehicle display device includes at least two display modules arranged in sequence along a first direction. The method includes controlling each user front-view display module to display with a first brightness; determining a second brightness corresponding to each user side-view display module based on a viewing angle corresponding to each user side-view display module, the second brightness being greater than the first brightness; and controlling each user side-view display module to display with a corresponding second brightness.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Guofei Ji, Baohong Kang
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Patent number: 12233712Abstract: A cradle for a commercial electric vehicle chassis. The cradle for the commercial electric vehicle chassis includes a housing and a bottom access panel. The housing and the bottom access panel are flexibly coupled together at a shared longitudinal edge by a hinge. The housing is formed by a trellis of members and the trellis of members form one or more housing apertures in the structure of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Optimal Inc.Inventors: Nenad Eskerica, Jingyu Liu, Boris Bagaric, Song L. Young
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Patent number: 12187231Abstract: A cover assembly has a base, first and second cover parts movable relative to the base about respective pivot axes between closed and open positions and respective first and second torsion springs mounted on respective pivot pins, biasing the cover parts into the respective open positions, and each having one leg supported on the base and another leg braced against the respective cover part. An adjuster can set the biasing of at least one of the springs and has a support for the one leg of the one spring that is on the base or the cover part, that is pivotal on the respective pivot pin, and that is formed with a slot through which the respective pivot pin engages. A locking formation on the support and a counterlocking formation are detachably engageable with the locking formation in different relative positions such that different spring tensions can be set.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: GRAMMER AGInventors: Martin Stuiber, Aly Kone, Matthias Wagner
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Patent number: 12179704Abstract: The lid device includes a latch body for a latch receiver provided in an opening forming body, an urging device that urges the latch body to always be in a position of being engaged with the latch receiver, and a switching member that is movably provided on a lid lower and that disengages the latch body and the latch receiver in a forward portion. A lid upper is combined with the lid lower so as to be able to slidably move in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotation center axis of the lid cover. Also provided is a linking member that links the lid upper and the lid lower so that the switching member is moved to the forward position when the lid upper is movably operated toward the rotation center axis of the lid lower.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Tomoharu Izume, Atsushi Doi
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Patent number: 12145491Abstract: An embodiment moving console for a vehicle includes a first console unit including an accommodation space configured to be opened forward or rearward and an air-conditioning duct disposed at an outer side of the accommodation space and configured to discharge air to an interior of the vehicle through the air-conditioning duct, and a second console unit installed to be slidable at a front or a back of the first console unit such that, depending on forward/rearward sliding, the second console unit is accommodated in the accommodation space of the first console unit or is deployed out of the first console unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Gye Young Ahn
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Patent number: 12145509Abstract: A sensor mounting structure for a vehicle, includes: first mounting members extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, being separated by a spacing in a vehicle width direction, and being mountable at arbitrary positions of a roof of the vehicle; and second mounting members extending in the vehicle width direction, being separated by a spacing in the vehicle front-and-rear direction, and being configured to span between arbitrary positions of the first mounting members, the second mounting members and the first mounting members retaining a sensor support member.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Izuhara, Taro Hasegawa, Tomoya Takeda
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Patent number: 11772564Abstract: A sliding lid structure includes a sheet base material capable of being curved in a sliding direction; and a plurality of ribs disposed on a lower surface side of the sheet base material at intervals in a sheet base material sliding direction. Two ends of the rib engage guide grooves formed at two sides of an opening of a device main unit and having curved groove parts. The sheet base material includes axially supported parts positioned on two sides of the lower surface side of the base material and provided at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction. The rib includes rib uppers arranged inside the axially supported parts on the two sides and attachable to and detachable from a sheet base material lower, shaft supports engaging the axially supported parts, and projections fitting into the guide grooves; and is rotatably or swingably supported with respect to the sheet base material.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventor: Tomoharu Izume
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Patent number: 11738697Abstract: A mounting part structure of an external detection sensor for a vehicle includes a sensor cover. A front portion of the sensor cover is locked to the sensor bracket via a front locking part that restricts displacement in a vertical direction of the vehicle when displacement of the sensor cover in forward and rearward directions of the vehicle and a vehicle width direction and rotation thereof around an axis following the vehicle width direction are allowed. A rear portion of the sensor cover is locked to the console bracket via a rear locking part that restricts displacement of the sensor cover in the vertical direction of the vehicle and the forward and rearward directions of the vehicle when displacement of the sensor cover in the vehicle width direction is allowed. The rear portion of the sensor cover is biased in the vehicle width direction by a rear spring part.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Kuwahata, Makoto Kurita, Eiji Ishizuka
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Patent number: 11623583Abstract: A structure for mounting an electronic sound generator (ESG) in a vehicle includes: an ESG located inside a cowl space of a vehicle body; and a mounting bracket formed to fix the ESG to members defining the cowl space. In particular, the mounting bracket includes a plurality of fixation parts fixed to the members defining the cowl space and a mounting part to which the ESG is fixed.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Ki Chang Kim
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Patent number: 11597326Abstract: A center console for a vehicle includes a base. The base is coupled to the vehicle and includes a receptacle. The center console includes a body that is coupled to the base and that includes a shelf. The body is operable to move relative to the base between a retracted position, wherein the shelf covers the receptacle, and an extended position, wherein the receptacle is exposed.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Gregory Paul Thomas, Stephen Neal Jacobsen, Michele Marie Mathews
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Patent number: 11585128Abstract: A vehicle includes a compartment mounted to a frame of the vehicle. The compartment includes a box coupled to the frame in a fixed position relative to the frame and a latch system coupled to the box to allow a user to access the box. The latch system includes a shape-memory alloy wire guided by a pulley during actuation of the latch system.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.Inventors: Cedric Ketels, Ryan Clark, Bruno Dinant, Jean-Michel Azevedo, Julien Rea
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Patent number: 11565629Abstract: A double-doored lid apparatus includes: a box body; first and second doors; an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the first and second doors in conjunction with each other; a locking mechanism that locks the first and second doors in their closed states; an urging member that urges the first and second doors in an opening direction while the doors are locked by the locking mechanism; and a support member that transmits the urging force from the urging member to the first and second doors. The support member includes: a first support portion that supports one end portion of the urging member; and second and third support portions that start to come into contact with the first and second doors, respectively, before the doors reach a predetermined locking position during closing motions thereof, and that support the first and second doors when the doors are locked by the locking mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoyuki Fukui, Etsuo Ozawa
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Patent number: 11511653Abstract: A palm rest assembly includes a palm rest bracket and a palm rest pad. The palm rest assembly is for a console assembly of a vehicle. The center console assembly includes a console frame. The palm rest bracket includes a generally C-shape. The palm rest bracket includes a base wall, a side wall, and an upper wall. The base wall is mounted to the console frame. The side wall extends between the base wall and the upper wall such that the upper wall is cantilevered. The palm rest pad is coupled to the upper wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunari Nishio, Roy Thorsell, Jake McNamara
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Patent number: 11487295Abstract: The invention relates to a method for abstracting a data record, wherein the data record is provided for machine learning at least one function, comprising the following steps: Training a complex neural network structure comprising different neural networks in the at least one function by way of machine learning based on the data record by means of a machine learning control apparatus, wherein the neural networks and the complex neural network structure are optimized with respect to maximum representativity of the data record, providing the trained complex neural network structure in the form of a data-record-specific knowledge module so that knowledge contained in the data record can be further used in a manner compliant with data protection. The invention further relates to an associated device.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Peter Schlicht, Fabian Hüger
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Patent number: 11414085Abstract: In a vehicle control device of an embodiment, a recognizer that recognizes the presence or absence and type of article carried by a user who uses a vehicle and an instrument controller that controls a vehicle-mounted instrument are included, and the instrument controller determines a mode of control of the vehicle-mounted instrument on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Shoda, Junpei Noguchi, Yuki Hara, Katsuyasu Yamane, Yoshitaka Mimura, Ryoma Taguchi, Yuta Takada, Chie Sugihara, Yuki Motegi, Tsubasa Shibauchi
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Patent number: 11358364Abstract: A vehicle interior member includes: a first core material; a first skin forming a first rim part in which at least a part of the peripheral edge part is folded back to the back surface side of the first core material to sandwich a peripheral edge part of the first core material; a second core material; a second skin forming a second rim part in which at least a part of the peripheral edge part is folded back to the back surface side of the second core material to sandwich a peripheral edge part of the second core material; and a stitch part that stitches the first rim part, the peripheral edge part of the first core material sandwiched by the first rim part, the second rim part, and the peripheral edge part of the second core material sandwiched by the second rim part.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki Sugai
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Patent number: 11358531Abstract: A multifunctional center console system for a vehicle is disclosed. The multifunctional center console system includes a multifunctional center console, which may include a main body configured to be mounted to a vehicle within an interior of the vehicle. The main body of the multifunctional center console may have at least top, bottom, front and rear portions and first and second side portions disposed between at least the front and rear portions. The multifunctional center console may further include at least one portable body configured to be removably attached to the main body. The at least one portable body of the multifunctional center console may have at least top, bottom, front and rear portions and first and second side portions disposed between at least the front and rear portions. The at least one portable body of the multifunctional center console may include at least one functional feature.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventors: Christoph Heinz, Eric Nogaret
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Patent number: 11325473Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first housing having a first surface and a second surface facing opposite to the first surface, and a first display disposed in the first housing and visually exposed through the first surface, a second device including a second housing having a third surface, and a second display disposed in the second housing and visually exposed through the third surface, an assembly connecting the first device and the second device, a processor and a memory that stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the assembly so that the second surface faces the third surface and covers the second display in a first state, and control the assembly so that the second surface does not cover the second display in a second state.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Inventors: Dohyoung Kim, Changyoul Lee, Kwaneui Hong, Byunghoon Min, Deokyeol Lee, Yongjun Lim, Jaemo Choi
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Patent number: 11305698Abstract: A center console may include a moving portion, a motor, and a controller. The moving portion may be configured to move between a first position and a second position. The motor may be configured to move the moving portion between the first position and the second position. The controller may be configured to, responsive to moving the moving portion in a first direction towards the first position, a number of motor position increments exceeding a first threshold within a period, and an absence of location data of a position of the moving portion, stop the motor.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventors: Alexander Atang, Stephen Nawrocki, Matthias Buehler, Robert Trask, Markus Wunder, Detlef Russ
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Patent number: 11230229Abstract: A stowing device includes a stowing main body having a hole part at a side thereof, a side panel covering the side of the stowing main body, a lid including a hinge having a hinge hole thereof and partially positioned in a gap between the side of the stowing main body and the side panel, a bush inserted through the hole part and the hinge hole, and a temporary holding mechanism configured to temporarily hold the bush at a predetermined position with respect to the hole part. A sum of a protruding length of the bush at the predetermined position protruding from the hole part and a dimension obtained by subtracting a dimension of overlap between the hinge and the bush in a width direction from a maximum width of the part of the hinge positioned in the gap, is set to be less than a width of the gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.Inventor: Hidenori Iwazaki
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Patent number: 11198381Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed that includes: a first (e.g., front) passenger seating area having a console; a second (e.g., rear) passenger seating area that is located rearwardly of the first passenger seating area; a floorpan that extends beneath the first and second passenger seating areas; and a multipurpose tray that is configured for removable connection to the floorpan. The floorpan includes an access port extending therethrough that is located generally adjacent to the console. The multipurpose tray is configured to conceal the access port, and defines at least one compartment that is configured to receive personal effects.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventor: Manuel Alejandro Vite Cadena
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Patent number: 11192488Abstract: A receptacle storage structure formed in an interior member of a sliding door movable in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, includes a bottom wall part and a peripheral wall part forming a storage space with an upward opening. The peripheral wall part includes a displacement wall part forming at least an upper part of a front-side wall part in the front-and-rear direction and displaceable to a front side in the front-and-rear direction. The displacement wall part is tiltable to the front side in the front-and-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Takahashi, Shizuo Hosoya, Takashi Yasuda
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Patent number: 11161441Abstract: A console assembly includes a body that has a front portion and a rear portion. The body defines a support extension extending from a rear portion. The support extension includes a guide and a resilient member that defines a channel. A lid is operably coupled to the body. A connector outwardly extends from the lid and is coupled to the support extension. An engagement member is positioned within the channel and is coupled to the connector and mutually engageable with the resilient member.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Shiran Chen
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Patent number: 11034302Abstract: An electronic mirror system includes, a camera which can be attached to a side of an automobile and which is able to image a moving image diagonally behind the automobile; and a monitor apparatus which can be attached in the passenger compartment of the automobile and which can display the moving image imaged by the camera. The monitor apparatus includes a movable portion which can move the display which displays the moving image with relation to a wall to where the monitor apparatus is attached in the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi Ozawa, Takayoshi Ito
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Patent number: 11027659Abstract: A vehicle interior component comprising a cover rotatably coupled to a base is disclosed. The component may comprise a mechanism comprising a feature on the base and a feature on the cover. When the cover is closed, the feature on the cover may axially align with the feature on the base. The feature on the base may disengage the feature on the cover when the cover opens and may engage the feature on the cover when the cover closes. The mechanism may comprise a cam mechanism comprising a cam surface and a follower. The mechanism may comprise a pivot joint. The pivot joint may comprise a set of projections to provide an axis of cover rotation. The pivot joint may comprise a projection and a ramp. The component may comprise a console, center stack/console, floor console, overhead console, instrument panel, door panel, etc.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.Inventors: Randy Len Arendsen, Tyler T. Grab, Adam R. Gofton
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Patent number: 10988085Abstract: The present application relates to a motor vehicle comprising at least two seats and, located between these seats, a storage compartment which has a base, a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls, wherein one or both side walls can be moved between a lowered position, laterally opening the storage compartment, and a raised position, laterally closing the storage compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Jörg Hornischer, Bernhard Enslinger
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Patent number: 10974655Abstract: An automotive rear console includes a rear console body fixed to a bracket provided on a floor between a driver's seat and a passenger seat inside a cabin of an automobile, wherein: the rear console body has a rectangular shape having a bottom portion; the rear console body includes fragile portions provided in a rear side of the bottom portion in a vehicle front-rear direction, in one side of the bottom portion in a vehicle width direction, and in the other side of the bottom portion in the vehicle width direction; and the fragile portions are configured to be broken when impact load is applied from above the rear console body.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kengo Kishimoto
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Patent number: 10967806Abstract: A cell phone holder structure includes a first part and a second part. The first part defines a downwardly facing recessed area. The second part is located below the first part and defines at least a first recessed area and a second recessed area. A first mobile device has a first dimension that allows the first mobile device to be inserted and retained between the first recessed area and the downwardly facing recessed area. A second mobile device has a second dimension greater than the first dimension that allows the second mobile device to be inserted and retained between the second recessed area and the downwardly facing recessed area. A display of the one of the first and second mobile devices set between the first part and the second part is viewable by a vehicle operator seated within the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventor: Paulo Pliego
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Patent number: 10959049Abstract: A scene sharing-based navigation assistance method and terminal is disclosed. A first terminal shares a scene image screen of a current scene of the first terminal with a second terminal, the first terminal receives prompt information sent by the second terminal, and the first terminal displays, on the scene image screen, the prompt information used to indicate a position of a target point. In this way, a user of the first terminal can more accurately describe, by using the scene image screen, a scene in which the user is located, so that the second terminal can more accurately determine the prompt information.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Huihai Shen
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Patent number: 10946803Abstract: A vehicle console includes a housing having an interior volume. A console bin is disposed within the interior volume. The console bin is an injection molded member having a base and a plurality of bin walls coupled to the base at living hinges, wherein the plurality of bin walls form an interior surface that extends orthogonally from the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Gregory Thomas
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Patent number: 10791432Abstract: Communication system of a rescue vehicle, comprising a plurality of speech input channels and a plurality of speech output channels, and an interface router connecting the plurality of speech input channels and the plurality of speech output channels in a way that each of the plurality of speech input channels can be linked to communicate with a plurality of the speech output channels at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: IVECO MAGIRUS AGInventors: Gotthard Böck, Martin Karremann
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Patent number: 10773652Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a base, a cover moveable between closed and open positions and a handle. The handle may be retracted when the cover is closed and extended when the cover is open. The handle may move toward the retracted position when the cover moves from the open position to the closed position. The component may comprise a mechanism to engage the base to move the handle. The mechanism may comprise a spring to bias or move the handle. The component may comprise a spring to move the cover from the closed to the open position. The component may comprise at least one of a console, a floor console, a center console, a storage compartment, an arm rest. The cover may comprise at least one of a door, a tambour door, a shade, a blind, a roller blind.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.Inventors: Christopher James Harmelink, Gregory M. Karbowski, Danny Brian Larsen, Jonathan Alan Dykstra
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Patent number: 10744918Abstract: A motor vehicle console comprises a mount and a pair of exposed parallel tubular members. Each of the tubular members has a forward section, an intermediate section extending rearwardly, and a rearward section, wherein at least one of the forward horizontal section, intermediate section, and rearward section is disposed at an elevation horizontally above the other of the forward section, intermediate section, and rearward section and each forward section is operatively coupled with the mount.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Gary D. Mullen, Dennis Sartorello, Anthony Ligi, Jr., Stephen Neal Jacobsen
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Patent number: 10710458Abstract: Arranged between a steering wheel (or more generally, steering handle) and a windshield of a motor vehicle, a control panel module has at least on e operator control element, each arranged on one side of a steering column of the steering wheel. The at least one operator control element is rotatable about an axis of rotation and/or movably at least along a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle with respect, to a driver's seat. An actuator device of the control panel module respectively moves the at least one operator control element response to a control device of the control panel module, depending on at least one enable signal, into an enable position and, depending on at least one position signal, from the enable position into position corresponding in each case the position signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Jacques Hélot
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Patent number: 10703224Abstract: A vehicle passenger compartment that defines a vehicle interior delimited in part by a floor, the interior having at least one front row of seats that includes at least two front seats, and at least one rear row of seats that includes at least two rear seats. The front and rear rows of seats are arranged behind one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle passenger compartment, each front seat being rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the floor. Each rear seat is translatable in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the rotation axis such that the rear seats can be moved away from or closer to one another in the transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIEInventors: Eric Vanel, Fabrice Aycoberry, Thierry Devoulon
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Patent number: 10668861Abstract: A floor-mounted console assembly includes a stationary floor bracket having a longitudinal first support bar and a longitudinal second support bar positioned parallel to the first support bar. The console assembly further includes a cradle having a first connector wing and a second connector wing. The first connector wing is slidably received over the first support bar and the second connector wing is slidably received over the second support bar. The console assembly further includes a console connected to the cradle and supported by the first connector wing and the second connector wing such that the console is vertically spaced above the first support bar and the second support bar. The console and the cradle are configured to translate along the first support bar and the second support bar.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Rudy M. Vican, Alex Archer, Robert J. Schlenke
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Patent number: 10668838Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a base mounted to a floor of a vehicle; a seat cushion that is placed on the base and allowed to be tipped up with a rotating shaft as a fulcrum; an ottoman that is provided on a front side of the seat cushion and extractable between a normal position and an extracted position; a seat back that is provided in a rear end of the seat cushion; and a storage locking mechanism that is capable of relatively moving the ottoman with respect to the seat cushion in a storing direction which is a direction opposite to an extracting direction, wherein the storage locking mechanism is operated such that the seat back becomes in a forward-tiltable state and/or the seat cushion becomes in a tippable state, and locking of the locking mechanism is released so that the ottoman becomes movable in the storing direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Fujisawa, Sho Kume, Kiyoshi Oshima
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Patent number: 10661717Abstract: A console device for a vehicle is provided. A console box is provided to be movable to a desired position in the forward-and-backward direction of the vehicle. The console box is inserted into the space under a crash pad when the console box moves in the forward direction of the vehicle. Therefore, utilization of the interior space of the vehicle is maximized, and the console device is therefore suitable for installation in an autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Ecoplastic CorporationInventors: Young Ju Lee, Eun Sue Kim, Dong Jin Park
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Patent number: 10633900Abstract: A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a base and a door moveable along a track between open and closed positions. The door may move in a direction transverse to the track between offset and biased/centered positions. The door may comprise a spring to bias the door toward the biased position. The spring may move first and second arms of the door against the base to prevent door rotation. The door may move along a biased path and first and second offset paths parallel to the biased path. The component may comprise a mechanism configured to move the door from the open position to the closed position along the offset paths and the biased path. The component may comprise at least one of a console, a floor console, a center console, an instrument panel, a door, a cockpit, a storage compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.Inventor: Rick Alan Anderson
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Patent number: 10576899Abstract: A vehicle includes a panel defining a portion of an interior area in the vehicle and having a concave shape, and a reversible pocket configured to be attached to the panel in a stowed configuration in which the reversible pocket conforms to the concave shape of the panel and a deployed configuration in which the reversible pocket extends into the cargo area and defines a storage area together with the concave shape of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Adelchi R. Tiboni, Fernando A. Siqueira
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Patent number: 10518711Abstract: An inertia device is provided for attaching under a cover of an armrest console in a vehicle. The inertia device comprises a flap to be pivotally connected to a lower surface of the cover at a location adjacent to a front of the cover; and a resilient member connected to the flap and the cover. The flap and the resilient member are configured such that the flap is maintained at a normal position by a retaining force of the resilient member and rotated downward from the normal position when a g-force applied to the flap exceeds a predetermined level.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLCInventor: Josip Bokulic
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Patent number: 10518712Abstract: A vehicle storage system includes a structure with a storage compartment at least partially defined by a bottom surface. The storage compartment defines an opening in an upper surface of the structure through which the storage compartment is accessible. The system further includes a plurality of flexible protruberances extending vertically upward from the bottom surface into the storage compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Taryn Dyle Kim, Sam K. Kim
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Patent number: 10493922Abstract: A re-configurable center console assembly includes a center console assembly and a phone holder tray. The center console assembly has a main body that includes a first side wall and a second side wall defining a concaved storage area therebetween. The first side wall and the second side wall further define a plurality of retaining positions therebetween. The phone holder tray has a first side portion, a phone supporting portion and a second side portion. The first side portion is configured to manually attach, detach and re-attach to the first side wall. The second side portion is also configured to attach, detach and re-attach to the second side wall such that the phone holder tray is installed to a first of the plurality of retaining positions and is detachable and re-attachable to a second of the plurality of retaining positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Roque Valenzuela Perez, Makoto Haraguchi, Melaina Vasko, Brent Hagan, Trenton Wright
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Patent number: 10482841Abstract: A touch-sensitive display device and a hand rest which can be adjusted between a first position and a second position are included in an operating device for a motor vehicle. The hand rest is arranged in the area of the display device. A control device activates a first display area of the display device and activates a manual driving mode of the motor vehicle when the hand rest is arranged in the first position. The control device activates a second display area of the display device and an autopilot of the motor vehicle when the hand rest is arranged in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Martina Heinze
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Patent number: 10479244Abstract: An insert for a passenger compartment in a vehicle is preferably made of a compressible foam with a handle inserted on a generally flat top. The opposite or bottom side of the insert includes a channel adapted to conform with the handbrake in the vehicle. The compressible main body fits between the seat and the central console and prevents the accidental dropping of objects into the space therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Inventor: Amos Issac
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Patent number: 10457169Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a base mounted to a floor of a vehicle; a seat cushion that is placed on the base and allowed to be tipped up with a rotating shaft as a fulcrum; an ottoman that is provided on a front side of the seat cushion and extractable between a normal position and an extracted position; a seat back that is provided in a rear end of the seat cushion; and a storage locking mechanism that is capable of relatively moving the ottoman with respect to the seat cushion in a storing direction which is a direction opposite to an extracting direction, wherein the storage locking mechanism is operated such that the seat back becomes in a forward-tiltable state and/or the seat cushion becomes in a tippable state, and locking of the locking mechanism is released so that the ottoman becomes movable in the storing direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Fujisawa, Sho Kume, Kiyoshi Oshima
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Patent number: 10404085Abstract: A vehicle console assembly includes a console housing including a storage compartment including a floor, a front wall, a rear wall and opposite side walls that extend between the front wall and the end wall defining a storage volume. A device charging tray includes a floor, a front wall, a rear wall and opposite side walls that extend between the front wall and the rear wall defining a storage volume. The device charging tray includes a raised support boss that extends out of the floor at the front wall. The raised support boss reduces a distance between the floor and an edge of the front wall. The raised support boss is located to support a mobile computing device positioned within the storage volume of the device charging tray spaced from the floor.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North Ameica, Inc.Inventors: Chae An, Kerry Scott Zellner, Jr.
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Patent number: 10377316Abstract: A pop-up console apparatus for a vehicle may include a console housing disposed in a vehicle; a cover device disposed on the console housing to cover or pop open a top portion of the console housing; and one or more lower trays sequentially disposed under the cover device, wherein at least one of the lower trays moves up and down along a guide that is coupled to an end portion of the cover to pop up together with the cover while being inserted into the console housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Keun Sig Lim, Hye Kyung Kim, Ki Hong Lee
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Patent number: 10328864Abstract: A storage box includes a case, a moving body, and slide mechanisms guiding relative movement of the moving body. The slide mechanisms include fixed rails disposed in the case, and moving rails disposed in the moving body. The moving rail includes a first projection and a second projection apart from each other in a movement direction of the moving body. The first projection and the second projection are apart from each other when seen in the movement direction. The fixed rail includes: a third projection and a fifth projection that respectively come into contact with the first projection and the second projection at a time when the moving body is located at a first position; and a fourth projection and a sixth projection that respectively come into contact with the first projection and the second projection at a time when the moving body is located at a second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Keigo Yoshida
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Patent number: 10289254Abstract: A vehicle seat with touch control function includes a seat armrest, the seat armrest includes an armrest frame, a flexible pad, a flexible touch panel, and a protective cover. The flexible touch panel is elastic, and the flexible touch panel includes a flexible substrate and a carbon nanotube touch function layer to collect touch input from a user. Such flexible touch panel may be installed on or in armrest of any seat in vehicle, enabling control of a display while comfortably seated, having to lean forward is avoided. A vehicle-mounted entertainment system incorporating such touch control system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shou-Shan Fan, Liang Liu, Li Qian, Yu-Quan Wang