Vehicle storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12565151-B2
Application number	US-202217949303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2022
Priority date	Jun 27, 2022
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

A vehicle storage device includes a rail part, disposed on a floor panel in a passenger seat space, configured to extend into the passenger seat space; a first storage part, comprising a lower housing coupled to the rail part and a storage box, wherein the lower housing is configured to move on the floor panel along the rail part in a first direction, the lower housing comprising an opening opened toward a driver seat, and the storage box is configured to be withdrawn toward the driver seat or received in the lower housing by passing through the opening; and a second storage part comprising an upper housing detachably coupled on the lower housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle storage device comprising:
a rail part, disposed on a floor panel in a passenger seat space, configured to extend into the passenger seat space; a first storage part, comprising a lower housing coupled to the rail part and a storage box, wherein the lower housing is configured to move on the floor panel along the rail part in a first direction, the lower housing comprising an opening opened toward a driver seat, and the storage box is configured to be withdrawn toward the driver seat or received in the lower housing by passing through the opening; and a second storage part comprising an upper housing detachably coupled on the lower housing, wherein: the lower housing comprises a support hinge-coupled to a lower surface of the lower housing and unfolded downward, and the support is unfolded to support the lower housing when the lower housing moves toward the passenger seat space.

2 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , wherein the storage box, connected to a guide rail disposed on the lower housing and extended toward the opening in a second direction different from the first direction, is configured to move along the guide rail in the second direction and pass through the opening.

3 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , wherein the first direction is a front-rear direction, and the second direction is a left-right direction.

4 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a lighting lamp disposed on an inner surface of the storage box; and a switch disposed on an outer surface of the storage box facing an inner surface of the lower housing, wherein the lighting lamp is configured to be in a first state when the storage box is received in the lower housing, and the lighting lamp is configured to be in a second state different from the first state when the storage box is withdrawn from the lower housing.

5 . The vehicle storage device of claim 4 , wherein
in the first state, the lighting lamp is turned off and the switch is pressed by the inner surface, and in the second state, the lighting lamp is turned on and the switch is spaced apart from the inner surface to release the switch.

6 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , further comprising:
magnets disposed at facing positions on an upper surface of the lower housing and a lower surface of the upper housing.

7 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , further comprising an automatic cable winding unit comprising a retractable cable connected to the lower housing.

8 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , wherein the upper housing comprises:
an entrance in an upper surface of the upper housing with an upward open structure; and a table, disposed on the upper surface, configured to open or close the entrance.

9 . The vehicle storage device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a lighting lamp disposed on an inner surface of the upper housing; and a switch disposed on a portion of the entrance on which the table is disposed, wherein the lighting lamp is in a first state when the table closes the entrance, and in a second state different from the first state when the table opens the entrance.

10 . The vehicle storage device of claim 9 , wherein
in the first state, the lighting lamp is turned off and the switch is pressed by the table, and in the second state, the lighting lamp is turned on and the switch pressed is released.

11 . The vehicle storage device of claim 8 , wherein the table comprises:
a body having open two side surfaces; and an auxiliary wing extendable from the table through the two open side surfaces of the body.

12 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , wherein the rail part comprises:
a base, comprising a rail groove, fixed to the floor panel; a fixed rail disposed in the rail groove; and a moving rail movably connected to the fixed rail, and wherein the lower housing is disposed on the moving rail.

13 . The vehicle storage device of claim 12 , further comprising an actuator, connected to the moving rail, configured to move the moving rail.

14 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , further comprising a pegboard installed on an outer side surface of each of the lower housing and the upper housing.

15 . The vehicle storage device of claim 1 , wherein:
the lower housing comprises a support guide fixed to a lower surface of the lower housing; and the support guide is configured to move along with the lower housing in the first direction and support the lower housing.

16 . A vehicle storage device configured to be installed in a passenger seat space of a vehicle, the device comprising:
a rail assembly fixed to a floor panel in the passenger seat space and extending in a front-rear direction; a first storage unit comprising:
a lower housing coupled to the rail assembly and configured to move in the front-rear direction along the rail assembly, the lower housing comprising an opening oriented toward a driver seat; and
a storage box received within the lower housing and coupled to a guide rail extending in a left-right direction, the storage box configured to slide in the left-right direction through the opening toward or away from the driver seat; and
a second storage unit comprising an upper housing detachably mounted on top of the lower housing and comprising an openable entrance in an upper surface, wherein: the lower housing comprises a support hinge coupled to a lower surface of the lower housing and unfolded downward, and the support is unfolded to support the lower housing when the lower housing moves toward the passenger seat space.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Ik Keun
• Park Da Som
• Lee Kwan Woo

Classifications

• B60R2011/0029

  Floor, e.g. side sills, fire wall · CPC title

• B60N3/001

  of tables or trays · CPC title

• B60R5/003

  Luggage racks, e.g. for busses (primarily intended for passengers' property smaller than suitcases B60R7/04; B60R7/08; luggage racks for rail vehicles B61D37/003) · CPC title

• B60R2011/0094

  characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like · CPC title

• B60R2011/007

  using magnetic means · CPC title