Vehicle multi-function storage solution

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10501020-B1
Application number	US-201815985784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 22, 2018
Priority date	May 22, 2018
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A storage solution for a vehicle includes a rotatable body that has a plurality of faces. The storage solution for a vehicle also includes a dowel that defines a rotation axis. The dowel is coupled to opposing faces of the rotatable body. One or more storage features are deployable from each face of the rotatable body that is free of engagement with the dowel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage solution for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing that comprises an actuatable closeout panel;
a rotatable body positioned within the housing, the rotatable body having a plurality of faces;
a dowel defining a rotation axis and coupled to opposing faces of the rotatable body, wherein the actuatable closeout panel of the housing pivots about a fixed axis when the rotatable body is rotated about the dowel; and
one or more storage features that are deployable from each face of the rotatable body that is free of direct engagement with the dowel.

2. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable body occupies the same horizontal and vertical coordinates within the vehicle independent of which face is presented to a user.

3. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the housing is a floor console of the vehicle.

4. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a stowed position of the one or more storage features results in the one or more storage features occupying the same coordinates as the dowel in one of a horizontal plane and a vertical plane while the one or more storage features occupy different coordinates from the dowel in the other of the horizontal plane and the vertical plane.

5. A storage solution for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing comprising an actuatable closeout panel;
a rotatable body that is generally cube-shaped and has a plurality of faces, the rotatable body being positioned within the housing;
a dowel defining a rotation axis and coupled to opposing faces of the rotatable body, wherein the actuatable closeout panel pivots about a fixed axis when the rotatable body is rotated about the dowel; and
one or more storage features that are deployable from each face of the rotatable body that is free of direct engagement with the dowel.

6. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the rotatable body occupies the same horizontal and vertical coordinates within the vehicle independent of which face is presented to a user.

7. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the housing is a floor console of the vehicle.

8. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 5 , wherein a stowed position of the one or more storage features results in the one or more storage features occupying the same coordinates as the dowel in one of a horizontal plane and a vertical plane while the one or more storage features occupy different coordinates from the dowel in the other of the horizontal plane and the vertical plane.

9. A storage solution for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing comprising an actuatable closeout panel;
a rotatable body having a plurality of faces, the rotatable body being positioned within the housing;
a dowel defining a rotation axis and coupled to opposing faces of the rotatable body, wherein the actuatable closeout panel pivots about a fixed axis when the rotatable body is rotated about the dowel; and
one or more storage features that are radially deployable from each face of the rotatable body that is free of direct engagement with the dowel.

10. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the rotatable body occupies the same horizontal and vertical coordinates within the vehicle independent of which face is presented to a user.

11. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the housing is a floor console of the vehicle.

12. The storage solution for a vehicle of claim 9 , wherein a stowed position of the one or more storage features results in the one or more storage features occupying the same coordinates as the dowel in one of a horizontal plane and a vertical plane while the one or more storage features occupy different coordinates from the dowel in the other of the horizontal plane and the vertical plane.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Hickman Guevara Alfonso
• Chavela Guerra Luis Jesus
• Olmos Gonzalez Luis
• Quiroz Cuauhtemoc
• Mercado David

Classifications

• B60R7/04 Primary

  in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B60R2011/0085

  with adjustment by rotation in their operational position · CPC title

• B60N3/102

  storable or foldable in a non-use position · CPC title

• B60R2011/0007

  Mid-console · CPC title

• B60R7/087

  for stowing money or valuables, e.g. using safes · CPC title