Inertia device in an armrest console
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJosip Bokulic
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Abstract
An inertia device is provided for attaching under a cover of an armrest console in a vehicle. The inertia device comprises a flap to be pivotally connected to a lower surface of the cover at a location adjacent to a front of the cover; and a resilient member connected to the flap and the cover. The flap and the resilient member are configured such that the flap is maintained at a normal position by a retaining force of the resilient member and rotated downward from the normal position when a g-force applied to the flap exceeds a predetermined level.
Claims20
An inertia device for being attached under a cover of an armrest console in a vehicle, comprising:
- a flap to be pivotally connected to a lower surface of the cover at a location adjacent to a front of the cover;
- and
- a resilient member connected to the flap and the cover, wherein the flap and the resilient member are configured such that the flap is maintained at a normal position by a retaining force of the resilient member and rotated downward from the normal position when a g-force applied to the flap exceeds a predetermined level.
An armrest console in a vehicle, comprising:
- a storage compartment;
- a cover;
- a storage tray, wherein the cover and a top edge of the storage tray defines an opening at a closed position;
- and
- a flap pivotally connected to a lower surface of the cover, wherein the flap is retained to face the cover at a normal position and rotated down to block the opening when a g-force exceeds a predetermined level.
An armrest console in a vehicle, comprising:
- a storage compartment,
- a cover to conceal the storage compartment at a closed position;
- a storage tray disposed at a front portion of the storage compartment and spaced apart from the cover with an opening between a lower surface of the cover and the storage tray when the cover is at the closed position;
- a flap having a first edge, a second edge and a main surface, and the first edge is pivotally connected to a lower surface of the cover along a width direction of the cover;
- and
- a resilient member connected to the cover and the first edge of the flap,
- wherein a mass distribution of the flap and a retaining force of the resilient member are configured such that the flap is maintained at a normal position at which the main surface faces the lower surface of the cover, and the flap is rotated away from the lower surface of the cover when a g-force applied to the flap exceeds a predetermined level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.