Vehicle having deployable sliding work desk

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11932153-B2
Application number	US-202217826462-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2022
Priority date	May 27, 2022
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

A vehicle includes a body defining a cabin having an interior and a passenger door, an interior panel located in the interior, a track located in the passenger door within the interior, and a desk operably housed in a slot in the interior panel and slidably coupled to the slot in the interior panel and the track to move between a stowed position within the interior panel and a use position extending outward from the interior panel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a body defining a cabin having an interior and a passenger door;
a seat located in the interior of the cabin, wherein the passenger door is generally located on a lateral side of the seat;
an interior panel comprising a dashboard located in the interior of the cabin forward of the seat;
a track located in the passenger door within the interior of the cabin; and
a desk operably housed in the interior panel and slidably coupled to a slot in the interior panel and the track to move between a stowed position within the dashboard and a deployed position extending outward from the dashboard, wherein the desk has a support arm extending toward and movably coupled to the track such that the track supports the desk in the deployed position.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 further comprising a steering wheel located between the seat and the dashboard, wherein the steering wheel is movable to a stowed position when the desk is in the deployed position.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the support arm is operatively coupled to a roller that engages the track.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the roller comprises a wheel.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the roller comprises a chamfered tip disposed within a channel forming the track.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 further comprising a display located proximate the interior panel.

7. The vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the display is deployable between a lower position that covers an open end of the slot and an upper position that exposes the open end of the slot.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 further comprising a spring biasing the desk toward the extended deployed position.

9. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the desk comprises a work surface having a keyboard comprising capacitive sensors.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the desk comprises an inductive charger.

11. A vehicle comprising:
a body defining a cabin having an interior and a passenger door;
a seat;
a dashboard located in the interior of the cabin forward of the seat;
a slot formed in the dashboard;
a track located in the passenger door within the interior of the cabin; and
a desk operably housed in the dashboard and slidably disposed in the slot in the dashboard and operatively coupled via a support arm to the track to move the desk between a stowed position within the dashboard and a deployed position extending outward from the dashboard, the desk further comprising a roller coupled to the support arm and having a chamfered tip disposed within a channel forming the track.

12. The vehicle of claim 11 further comprising a display located proximate the dashboard.

13. The vehicle of claim 12 , wherein the display is deployable between a lower position that covers an open end of the slot and an upper position that exposes the open end of the slot.

14. The vehicle of claim 12 further comprising a steering wheel located between the seat and the dashboard, wherein the steering wheel is movable to a stowed position when the desk is in the deployed position.

15. The vehicle of claim 11 further comprising a spring biasing the desk toward the extended deployed position.

16. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the desk comprises a work surface having a keyboard comprising capacitive sensors.

17. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the desk comprises an inductive charger.

18. The vehicle of claim 1 further comprising a roller coupled to the support arm and having a chamfered tip disposed within a channel forming the track.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Salter Stuart C
• Berry Hussein H
• Glickman David Brian
• Welch Ryan
• Shedlarski Dustin
• Jones Micah

Classifications

• B60N3/001 Primary

  of tables or trays · CPC title

• B60N3/002 Primary

  of trays · CPC title

• B60R11/0252

  for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks · CPC title

• B60R2011/0082

  collapsible, e.g. for storing after use · CPC title

• B60R2011/0005

  Dashboard · CPC title