Object holder assembly in a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486605-B2
Application number	US-201815902741-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2018
Priority date	Jun 29, 2015
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

An object holder assembly in a vehicle that includes a floor having a metal layer and an upper face intended to support at least one object. The vehicle includes at least one trunk separator having a base able to be applied on the floor and a separating partition. The separator includes a fastening device having an active configuration in which the fastening device is able to fasten the base on the floor when a lower face of the base is in contact with the upper face of the floor and a released configuration of the separator. The separator has a control member for the fastening device, able to be actuated between a locking position, in which the control member activates the fastening device, and an unlocking position. The fastening device has a movable magnet able to cooperate with the floor in the active configuration.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An object holder assembly in a vehicle comprising:
a floor having an upper face intended to support at least one object, the floor comprising a metal layer, and
at least one trunk separator having a base able to be applied on the floor and a separating partition,
wherein the separator comprises a fastening device having an active configuration in which the fastening device is able to fasten the base on the floor when a lower face of the base is in contact with the upper face of the floor and a released configuration of the separator, and a control member for the fastening device, able to be actuated between a locking position, in which the control member activates the fastening device, and an unlocking position,
wherein the fastening device comprises a movable magnet able to cooperate with the floor in the active configuration,
wherein the control member is able to move the magnet relative to the base between a close position in the locking position and a remote position in the unlocking position,
wherein the fastening device comprises a supporting rod able to rotate relative to the base around a rotation axis, said rotation axis being parallel to the lower face of the base, and
wherein the magnet is attached to the supporting rod and included in an angular portion of said supporting rod relative to the rotation axis, said angular portion forming an angle less than 180°.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said angle is between 60° and 120°.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening device comprises a block of ferromagnetic material, attached to the base and situated between the lower face and the rotation axis of the supporting rod,
so that, in the active configuration, the magnet is in contact with the block and applies a magnetic field to the ferromagnetic material; and in the released configuration, the magnet is distant from the block.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein in the active configuration, the fastening device is able to fasten the separator to the floor irrespective of the position of the base in contact with the upper face of the floor.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the separator comprises a cover layer made from a deformable or elastic material.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the separator comprises a handle.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the trunk and a depth of the trunk are a multiple of a length of the base.

8. The assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the width of the trunk and the depth of the trunk are a multiple of a width of the base.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the separator further comprises a light source and a battery able to power the light source, the battery being able to recharge when the separator is positioned in a storage position.

10. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the storage position is situated along a lateral trim.

Assignees

• Faurecia Automotive Ind
• Faurecia Interieur Ind

Inventors

• Bathelier Xavier
• Duval Arnaud
• Uhlig Markus

Classifications

• B60Q3/35

  Portable lighting devices · CPC title

• B60R7/02 Primary

  in separate luggage compartment {(B60R7/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60P7/14

  the load bracing means comprising a movable bulkhead · CPC title

• B60R5/04

  arranged at rear of vehicle {(B60R5/003, B60R5/006 take precedence; external trunks arranged at rear of vehicle B60R9/065)} · CPC title

• B60Q3/30

  for compartments other than passenger or driving compartments, e.g. luggage or engine compartments · CPC title