Interior system for a vehicle, namely armrest system for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016090014-A1
Application number	US-201514863773-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 24, 2015
Priority date	Sep 26, 2014
Publication date	Mar 31, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An interior system has a support and movable member mounted to be movable relative to the support for adjusting the height of the movable member, with a locking mechanism configured to allow unidirectional movement of the movable member relative to the support from a lowest adjustment position to a highest adjustment position. The interior system includes a deactivation mechanism for deactivating the locking mechanism and allowing the return of the movable member to the lowest adjustment position. The deactivation mechanism includes a track and a sliding member sliding along the track, with the sliding member and the track interacting to allow the locking mechanism to engage upon movement of the movable member from the lowest adjustment position to the highest adjustment position, and to disengage when the movable member exceeds the highest adjustment position and until it returns to the lowest adjustment position.

First claim

1 . Interior system for a vehicle, comprising
a support, movable member mounted to be movable relative to the support for adjusting the height of the movable member, a locking mechanism configured to allow unidirectional movement of the movable member relative to the support from a lowest adjustment position to a highest adjustment position and to block movement of the movable member in the opposite direction, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a first locking element and a second locking element that are movable relative to one another and are arranged to engage with one another to block the movable member relative to the support and to disengage from one another in order to move from one adjustment position to the next adjustment position; and a deactivation mechanism for deactivating the locking mechanism and allow the return of the movable member to the lowest adjustment position, wherein the deactivation mechanism includes a track and a sliding member sliding along the track, one of said track and sliding member being connected to the first locking element and the other of said track and sliding member being connected to the second locking element, wherein the sliding member and the track interact to allow the first locking element and the second locking element to engage with one another upon movement of the movable member from the lowest adjustment position to the highest adjustment position, and to keep the first locking element and the second locking element disengaged from one another when the movable member exceeds the highest adjustment position and until it returns to the lowest adjustment position.

2 . Interior system according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding member moves along a first activation section of the track upon movement of the movable member from the lowest adjustment position to the highest adjustment position and moves along a second deactivation section of the track during the return of the movable member to the lowest adjustment position.

3 . Interior system according to claim 2 , wherein the sliding member passes from the first section to the second section upon the movable member exceeding the highest adjustment position.

4 . Interior system according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding member moves along the track in a closed loop.

5 . Interior system according to claim 1 , wherein the track is provided with a non-return device allowing the passage of the sliding member in one direction.

6 . Interior system according to claim 1 , wherein the first locking element is carried by either the movable member and the support and the second locking element is carried by the other.

7 . Interior system according to claim 6 , wherein the first locking element is movably mounted on that of the movable member and the support which carries the first locking element while the second locking element is fixedly mounted on the other of the movable member and the support which carries the second locking element.

8 . Interior system according to claim 6 , wherein the first locking element is carried by the movable member and the second locking element is carried by the support.

9 . Interior system according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding member is carried by the first locking element and the track is connected to the second locking element.

10 . Armrest system according to claim 1 , wherein the track is carried by the support.

11 . Interior system according to claim 1 , the interior system being an armrest system and the movable member being an armrest.

12 . Vehicle interior system, with a support and a movable member and a latching device, wherein the movable member is movably mounted with respect to the support,
wherein the latching device comprises at least one guide element, a guide channel and an elastic element, wherein, on the one hand, the elastic element is arranged on the support while on the guide element on the other, wherein the guide channel is arranged on the movable member, wherein the elastic element is designed to exert a force on the guide element in the direction of a guide surface of the guide channel so that the guide element rests on the guide surface of the guide channel, wherein the direction of action of the force exerted by the elastic element on the guide element can be changed from a first direction of action to a second direction of action, wherein the guide surface has at least two latching positions, wherein a stop is formed by the guide element and the guide surface in the first direction of action of the elastic element for the movement of the movable member, and wherein no stop for the movement of the movable member is formed by the guide and the guide channel in the second direction of action of the elastic element.

13 . Interior system according to claim 12 , wherein the guide surface of the guide channel is designed so that by a movement of the movable member via a first dead center, the direction of action of the elastic element is changed from the first to the second direction of action, and wherein the guide surface is further designed so that during a movement of the movable member via a second dead center, the direction of action of the elastic element is changed from the second direction of action to the first direction of action.

14 . Interior system according to claim 12 , wherein the latching device further comprises a lever, wherein the said lever connects the elastic element with the guide element, and wherein the lever is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation with respect to the vehicle console, wherein in the first direction of action of the elastic element the restoring force of the elastic element is directed past a first side of the axis of rotation, and wherein in the second direction of action of the elastic element, the restoring force of the elastic element is directed past a second side of the axis of rotation.

15 . Interior system according to claim 12 , wherein the elastic element is a torsion spring, wherein the torsion spring is arranged at a first end of the guide element and at a second end on the support.

16 . Interior system according to claim 12 , wherein the guide channel further comprises a guide wall, wherein the guide wall is at a distance of at least the thickness of the guide element from the guide surface, and is so formed that the guide element passes around the latching positions of the guide surface when the direction of movement of the storage compartment after the change of the direction of action of the elastic element from the first direction of action to the second direction of action.

17 . Interior system according to claim 12 , wherein the latching positions are elevations in the guide surface, wherein the elevations are form-fitted to receive the guide element when the elastic element acts in the direction of the first direction of action.

18 . Interior system according to claim 12 , wherein the guide channel is designed as a recess of the movable member.

19 . Interior system according to claim 12 , wherein the guide channel has a first slope, wherein the direction of action of the elastic element changes from the first direction of action to the second direction of action when the guide element passes over the first slope.

20 . Interior system according to claim 12 , wherein the movable member is a storage compartment closable by a cover, wherein the cover is pivotably mounted on the storage compartment.

Assignees

• Faurecia Interieur Ind
• Faurecia Innenraum Sys Gmbh

Inventors

• Dinant Bruno
• Biljholt Joep

Classifications

• B60N2/464 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2/4686

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60N2/793

  for use as storage compartments · CPC title

• B60N2/75 Primary

  Arm-rests · CPC title

• B60N2/77 Primary

  Height adjustment · CPC title