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US 10,208,518 B2Granted
Moving axis compartment door
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsScott Simon, Christopher Emery Fesenmyer, Michael Neumann, Mike Sattler
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Abstract
An assembly for mounting a door with a vehicle compartment includes an arm coupled with the compartment and with the door and a constant-force spring having a coil coupled with one of the door and the compartment and an end coupled with the other of the door and the compartment such that a contraction of the spring causes the door to move with rotation of the arm.
Claims19
An assembly for mounting a door with a vehicle compartment, comprising:
- an arm coupled with the compartment and with the door;
- and
- a constant-force spring having a coil coupled with one of the door and the compartment and an end coupled with the other of the door and the compartment such that a contraction of the spring causes the door to open with rotation of the arm.
A vehicle interior console, comprising:
- a compartment;
- a door;
- and
- a mounting mechanism, including:
- an arm coupled between the compartment and the door;
- and
- a constant-force spring having a coil coupled with one of the door and the compartment and an end coupled with the other of the door and the compartment such that a contraction of the spring causes the door to open with rotation of the arm.
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A vehicle interior compartment assembly, comprising:
- a cavity housing defining an opening;
- a door rotatably mounted to the cavity housing and positionable over the opening;
- and
- a constant-force spring having a coil coupled with one of the door and the compartment and an end coupled with the other of the door and the compartment such that a contraction of the spring causes the door to rotate with respect to the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.