Closable device for holding objects in a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9637060-B2
Application number	US-201414546629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	Nov 18, 2013
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A closable device for holding objects in a vehicle, encompassing a base body and a cover, is provided. The base body exhibits an opening that can be closed by the cover, and the cover can be swiveled around a first hinge from a first position into a second position and vice versa. The cover can be swiveled around a second hinge from the first position into a third position and vice versa. The base body encompasses at least one first bearing for the first hinge, and at least one second bearing for the second hinge. The first hinge and the second hinge each exhibit at least one first hinge section and at least one second hinge section, and a cross sectional area of the first hinge section is respectively larger than a cross sectional area of the second hinge section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
a closable device for holding objects, the closable device including:
a cover movable around a first hinge between a first position and a second position and movable around a second hinge between the first position and a third position, and the first hinge and second hinge are parallel to each other;
a base body having an opening closeable by the cover, the base body including a first bearing for the first hinge, and a second bearing for the second hinge, wherein the first hinge and second hinge each include a first hinge section and a second hinge section, and a cross sectional area of the first hinge section is different than a cross sectional area of the second hinge section; and
a third hinge and a fourth hinge, wherein the base body includes a bearing for each of the third hinge and the fourth hinge, the first hinge and the third hinge define a first swiveling axis of the cover and the second hinge and the fourth hinge define a second swiveling axis of the cover, with the first hinge, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge held by the respective bearings of the base body.

a third hinge and a fourth hinge, wherein the base body includes a bearing for each of the third hinge and the fourth hinge, the first hinge and the third hinge define a first swiveling axis of the cover and the second hinge and the fourth hinge define a second swiveling axis of the cover, with the first hinge, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge held by the respective bearings of the base body.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first bearing and the second bearing each include a duct for the respective one of the first hinge and the second hinge, and a cross sectional area of the duct corresponds to the cross sectional area of the first hinge section.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the cross sectional area of the second hinge section enables the respective one of the first hinge and the second hinge to be removed from the respective one of the first bearing and the second bearing.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the cover includes a first control element and a second control element, and the first control element is associated with the first hinge, and the second control element is associated with the second hinge.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the first control element is used to translationally move the first hinge between a first position and a second position and the second control element is used to translationally move the second hinge between a first position and a second position.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the first hinge section is arranged in the duct of one of the first bearing and the second bearing in the first position.

7. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the second hinge section is arranged in the duct of one of the first bearing and the second bearing in the second position.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first hinge and the second hinge are parallel to each other.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the cover closes the opening in the first position, and the cover uncovers the opening in the second position and the third position.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first hinge, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge each include one of the first hinge sections and one of the second hinge sections.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the bearings of the base body include lead-in chamfers for the respective one of the first hinge, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge.

12. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the translational motion by the first hinge is blocked with the cover in the third position, the translational motion of the second hinge is blocked with the cover in the second position, and the blockages are each lifted with the cover in the first position.

13. The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the translational motion is blocked by a spring leg, which a spring force holds in a groove of the first control element, and the spring leg is moved out of the groove against the spring force if the cover is moved into the first position.

14. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first hinge, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge each include at least one intermediate section, which is respectively arranged between the first hinge section and the second hinge section of each of the first hinge, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge, and the intermediate section includes a first contact surface and the respective bearing of the base body includes at least one second contact surface, which, when the cover moves from the second position or the third position into the first position, comes into contact with the first contact surface and triggers a translational motion by the respective one of the first hinge, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge into the second position.

15. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first hinge, the second hinge, the third hinge and the fourth hinge are each exposed to a spring force toward the first position.

16. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first hinge and the third hinge are mechanically coupled together, and the second hinge and the fourth hinge are mechanically coupled together.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Gaudig Ralf

Classifications

• E05D15/505 Primary

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• E05D7/1077

  with snap-fitted pins · CPC title

• B60R7/06 Primary

  mounted on or below dashboards · CPC title

• E05D7/02

  for use on the right-hand as well as the left-hand side; Convertible right-hand or left-hand hinges · CPC title

• E05Y2900/538

  Interior lids · CPC title