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US 11,597,326 B2Granted
Center console for a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGregory Paul Thomas, Stephen Neal Jacobsen, Michele Marie Mathews
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Abstract
A center console for a vehicle includes a base. The base is coupled to the vehicle and includes a receptacle. The center console includes a body that is coupled to the base and that includes a shelf. The body is operable to move relative to the base between a retracted position, wherein the shelf covers the receptacle, and an extended position, wherein the receptacle is exposed.
Claims15
A center console for a vehicle, comprising:
- a base fixedly coupled to a floor of the vehicle and having an open-topped receptacle, the receptacle comprising:
- a receptacle floor;
- and
- a side wall extending vehicle-upward from the receptacle floor to a receptacle rim that defines and surrounds an opening to the receptacle;
- and
- a body coupled to the base and operable to move vehicle-rearward relative to the base from a retracted position to an extended position, the body comprising:
- a storage compartment;
- a door operably coupled to the storage compartment and operable between a closed position and an open position, wherein access to the storage compartment is provided;
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- a shelf positioned vehicle-forward of the storage compartment, wherein the shelf covers the receptacle in the retracted position of the body, and the receptacle is exposed in the extended position of the body.
7 more elements
A center console for a vehicle, comprising:
- a base coupled to the vehicle and having a receptacle;
- and
- a body operable to move relative to the base between a retracted position and an extended position and having a tray operable between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein the body covers the receptacle in the retracted position, the receptacle is exposed if the body is in the extended position and the tray is in the stowed position, and the tray covers the receptacle if the body is in the extended position and the tray is in the deployed position, wherein the body further comprises:
- a shelf having at least one cup holder and being operably coupled to the tray, such that the tray moves relative to the shelf between the stowed and deployed positions;
- a storage compartment that is positioned further than the shelf from the receptacle in the extended position of the body;
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- at least one rear cup holder, wherein the storage compartment is positioned between the shelf and the at least one rear cup holder, and wherein the shelf covers the receptacle in the retracted position of the body, and the receptacle is positioned beneath the at least one cup holder in the retracted position of the body.
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A center console for a vehicle, comprising:
- a base coupled to the vehicle and having a receptacle;
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- a body coupled to the base and having a shelf, wherein the body is operable to move relative to the base, without entering or changing a volume of a storage area defined by the receptacle, between a retracted position, wherein the shelf covers the receptacle, and an extended position, wherein the receptacle is exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.