Motor vehicle comprising a receiving compartment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10960823-B2
Application number	US-201916535883-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2019
Priority date	Aug 8, 2018
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A motor vehicle having a receiving compartment, which is mounted on a vehicle console, pivotable around a vertical axis, in the area of a side wall of the vehicle console delimiting an occupant footwell of the motor vehicle. It is provided that, with regard to a line of vision, oriented in the vehicle longitudinal direction of a vehicle occupant located on a seat of the motor vehicle assigned to the relevant occupant footwell, the vertical axis is arranged on an end or end section of the receiving compartment situated counter to the aforementioned line of vision, and the receiving compartment is mounted on the vehicle console in such a way, pivotable around the aforementioned vertical axis, and is positioned in the open state in such a way, that the open receiving compartment is oriented obliquely with respect to a displacement direction of the aforementioned seat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle comprising:
a receiving compartment, which is mounted on a vehicle console, pivotable around a vertical axis in an area of a side wall of the vehicle console delimiting an occupant footwell of the motor vehicle, the receiving compartment being movable back and forth from a first operating position, in which it is arranged within an opening in the side wall of the vehicle console, into a second operating position, in which the receiving compartment projects into the occupant footwell,
wherein, with regard to a line of vision, oriented in the vehicle longitudinal direction of a vehicle occupant located on a seat of the motor vehicle assigned to the relevant occupant footwell, the vertical axis is arranged on an end of an end section of the receiving compartment situated counter to the line of vision, and
wherein the receiving compartment is mounted on the vehicle console to be pivotable around the vertical axis and is positioned in an open state such that the open receiving compartment is oriented obliquely with respect to a displacement direction of the aforementioned seat.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving compartment is configured to receive an electronic mobile device.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical axis is arranged inclined at an angle “α,” counter to the line of vision of the vehicle occupant.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the angle “α” is selected such that a line of sight of the vehicle occupant located on the seat of the motor vehicle, which is assigned to the aforementioned occupant footwell, is directed into the interior of the receiving compartment and/or onto an electronic mobile device held therein.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the angle “α” is selected as a function of a defined angle of inclination or a defined range of angles of inclination of a backrest of the seat.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the vertical axis is arranged, inclined at an angle “α” of 55° to 65°, or 60°, from the vertical, counter to the aforementioned line of vision of the vehicle occupant.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving compartment has a cover on the occupant footwell side, which runs flush with the side wall of the vehicle console in the first operating position of the receiving compartment.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the cover has a cushion element on the occupant footwell side or is formed by a cushion element.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a locking pushbutton is assigned to the receiving compartment, which is operatively connected to a locking device of the receiving compartment.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the locking pushbutton is arranged in the motor vehicle at a distance from the receiving compartment.

11. A motor vehicle comprising:
a receiving compartment, which is pivotably mounted on a vehicle console in an area of a side wall of the vehicle console delimiting an occupant footwell of the motor vehicle and a cover having an upper edge and a lower edge as well as at least one side edge, the receiving compartment being movable back and forth from a first operating position, in which it is arranged within an opening in the side wall of the vehicle console, and the opening is closed by the cover, into a second operating position, in which the receiving compartment projects into the occupant footwell,
wherein the receiving compartment is mounted on the vehicle console, pivotable around a pivot or vertical axis, the pivot or vertical axis running or being arranged obliquely with respect to at least one side edge of the cover.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Scheit Steffen
• Frommholz Dirk
• Kleine Axel

Classifications

• E05Y2900/538

  Interior lids · CPC title

• E05B83/32

  for console boxes, e.g. between passenger seats · CPC title

• B60N2/20

  the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access (B60N2/04, B60N2/22 {, B60N2/3002} take precedence) · CPC title

• B60R7/04 Primary

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

• B60N2/04

  the whole seat being movable · CPC title