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US 11,377,037 B2Granted
Access flap for a luggage compartment of a vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorRobert Fleischhacker
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Abstract
An access flap for a luggage compartment of a vehicle includes a basic body configured to close an access opening to the luggage compartment of the vehicle in a closure position and to open up the access opening in an opening up position, and a bearing device configured to mount the basic body for a reversible movement between the closure position and the opening up position. The basic body has a fastening portion for the fastening of a covering device for covering the luggage compartment in the interior of the vehicle.
Claims17
An access flap for a luggage compartment of a vehicle, the access flap comprising:
- a basic body configured to close an access opening to the luggage compartment of the vehicle in a closure position and to open up the access opening in an opening-up position;
- and
- a bearing device configured to mount the basic body for a reversible movement between the closure position and the opening-up position,
- wherein the basic body has a fastening portion of the access flap for fastening of a covering device for covering the luggage compartment in an interior of the vehicle, the covering device being separate and removable from the basic body, and
- wherein the basic body comprises a receiving volume configured to receive the covering device via a receiving slot, the receiving volume being defined by an enclosure configured to surround at least three sides of the covering device in a state where the covering device is received in the receiving volume,
- wherein the bearing device is coupled to the basic body at a top end of the basic body, and wherein the receiving slot is at a bottom end of the basic body, opposite the top end, and
- wherein, in the closure position, the basic body is configured such that the receiving slot is covered by a vehicle body part preventing access to the receiving slot and one side of the enclosure of the receiving volume facing the interior of the vehicle,
- wherein the covering device is removable from the receiving volume only by translating the covering device out of the basic body when the basic body is pivoted away from the vehicle to open the access opening.
5 more elements
A covering device for covering a luggage compartment in an interior of a vehicle, the covering device comprising:
- a covering body;
- and
- a mating fastening portion configured to be fastened to a fastening portion of an access flap, the access flap comprising:
- a basic body configured to close an access opening to the luggage compartment of the vehicle in a closure position and to open up the access opening in an opening-up position, the basic body comprising a receiving volume configured to receive the covering device via a receiving slot, the receiving volume being defined by an enclosure configured to surround at least three sides of the covering device in a state where the covering device is received in the receiving volume, and
- a bearing device configured to mount the basic body for a reversible movement between the closure position and the opening-up position,
- wherein the basic body of the access flap has the fastening portion of the access flap for fastening of the covering device for covering the luggage compartment in the interior of the vehicle,
- wherein the covering device is separate and removable from the basic body, and
- wherein the bearing device is coupled to the basic body at a top end of the basic body, and wherein the receiving slot is at a bottom end of the basic body, opposite the top end, and
- wherein, in the closure position, the basic body is configured such that the receiving slot is covered by a vehicle body part preventing access to the receiving slot and one side of the enclosure of the receiving volume facing the interior of the vehicle,
- wherein the covering device is removable from the receiving volume only by translating the covering device out of the basic body when the basic body is pivoted away from the vehicle to open the access opening.
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A covering system for a luggage compartment in an interior of a vehicle, the covering system comprising:
- an access flap having:
- a basic body configured to close an access opening to the luggage compartment of the vehicle in a closure position and to open up the access opening in an opening-up position, and
- a bearing device configured to mount the basic body for a reversible movement between the closure position and the opening-up position;
- and
- a covering device having:
- a covering body, and
- a mating fastening portion configured to be fastened to a fastening portion of an access flap,
- wherein the basic body of the access flap has the fastening portion of the access flap for fastening of the covering device for covering the luggage compartment in the interior of the vehicle,
- wherein the basic body comprises a receiving volume configured to receive the covering device via a receiving slot, the receiving volume being defined by an enclosure configured to surround at least three sides of the covering device in a state where the covering device is received in the receiving volume,
- wherein the covering device is separate and removable from the basic body,
- wherein the bearing device is coupled to the basic body at a top end of the basic body, and wherein the receiving slot is at a bottom end of the basic body, opposite the top end, and
- wherein, in the closure position, the basic body is configured such that the receiving slot is covered by a vehicle body part preventing access to the receiving slot and one side of the enclosure of the receiving volume facing the interior of the vehicle,
- wherein the covering device is removable from the receiving volume only by translating the covering device out of the basic body when the basic body is pivoted away from the vehicle to open the access opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.