Console for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12420690-B2
Application number	US-201917342164-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2019
Priority date	Dec 10, 2018
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A console for a motor vehicle, having a base part to be arranged on a vehicle floor, a structural part arranged on the side of the base part that faces away from the vehicle floor, and an adjustment mechanism by means of which the structural part is adjustably connected to the base part such that the distance of the structural part from the vehicle floor can be adjusted. A spindle drive is provided for actuating the adjustment mechanism. A second aspect relates to a motor vehicle assembly having a seat adjustment unit by means of which a height of at least one vehicle seat relative to a vehicle floor can be adjusted. The seat adjustment unit is coupled with an adjustment mechanism of the console.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle assembly comprising:
at least one vehicle seat configured to be adjusted relative to a vehicle floor; and
a console arranged adjacent to the at least one vehicle seat and including,
a base part configured to be disposed on the vehicle floor,
an upper assembly part disposed on a side of the base part, the side facing away from the vehicle floor,
a position memory means configured to store and retrieve height values indicative of a height of the at least one vehicle seat, and
an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a space between the base part and the upper assembly part, wherein the at least one vehicle seat is coupled to the adjusting mechanism so that adjusting athe height of the at least one vehicle seat triggers an adjustment of the space between the base part and the upper assembly part at the same time, wherein the at least one vehicle seat is electrically coupled to the adjusting mechanism of the console.

2. The motor vehicle assembly of claim 1 ,
wherein the position memory means is further configured to store and retrieve space values indicative of size of a space between the base part and the upper assembly part, to enable a user of the at least one vehicle seat to permanently store a multiplicity of combinations of the height values and the space values, and retrieve the multiplicity of combinations of the height values and the space values again in order to set the height and the size of the space.

3. The motor vehicle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the console includes an armrest configured to support an arm of an occupant seated in the at least one vehicle seat and the adjusting mechanism of the console is configured to adjust a height of the armrest with respect to the vehicle floor.

4. The motor vehicle assembly of claim 3 , wherein the adjusting mechanism is configured to adjust the fore-aft position of the upper assembly part of the console with respect to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and as fore-aft position of the at least one vehicle seat is adjusted, the fore-aft position of the upper assembly part is adjusted.

5. The motor vehicle assembly of claim 4 , wherein the adjusting mechanism is configured to adjust an inclination of the console with respect to the vehicle floor, and wherein as an inclination of the at least one vehicle seat is adjusted, the inclination of the console is adjusted.

6. The motor vehicle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the console includes a guide member and a slide, wherein the guide member has substantially cylindrical shape, extends along a longitudinal direction, and is coupled to the vehicle floor, wherein the slide is configured to move along the guide member as a fore-aft position of the console is adjusted.

7. The motor vehicle assembly of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting mechanism includes at least one spindle drive.

Assignees

• Brose Fahrzeugteile
• Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Mergl Christian
• Sommer Uwe
• Joseph luca
• Giese Sebastian
• Schieber Marcel
• Falinski Wojciech

Classifications

• B60N2/767

  Angle adjustment · CPC title

• B60R2011/0007

  Mid-console · CPC title

• B60R7/043

  mounted on or under a seat · CPC title

• B60N2/164

  Linear actuator, e.g. screw mechanism · CPC title

• B60N2/0248

  with memory of positions · CPC title