# US 11,897,428 B2 · Interior system of a vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,428 B2 - Document ID: US11897428B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/501,385 - Filed: 2021-10-14 - Published: 2023-04-20 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-14 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Jesse Rene Diephuis; Michael John Harmon; Andrew Brand; Ryan Wayne Warner; Andrew Smith - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897428B2 ## CPC - B60R 7/04: in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)} - B60R 7/043: {mounted on or under a seat} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An interior system for a vehicle includes a seating assembly that is coupled to the vehicle. An armrest corresponding with and in a spaced-relationship with the seating assembly is operable to translate in a seating assembly-lateral direction from a first position to a second position. In the first position of the armrest, the armrest is a first distance from the seating assembly. In the second position of the armrest, the armrest is a second distance from the seating assembly. The first distance is greater than the second distance. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An interior system for a vehicle, comprising: a seating assembly coupled to the vehicle; and an armrest corresponding with and in a spaced-relationship with the seating assembly and operable to translate in a seating assembly-lateral direction from a first position, wherein the armrest is a first distance from the seating assembly, to a second position, wherein the armrest is a second distance from the seating assembly, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The interior system of claim 1, further comprising: a support structure coupled to at least one of a door of the vehicle and an interior wall of the vehicle at a position vehicle-upward of a floor of the vehicle, wherein the armrest is translatably coupled to the support structure and operable to translate relative to the support structure between the first and second positions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The interior system of claim 2, wherein the support structure comprises: a receptacle that defines a storage area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The interior system of claim 3, wherein the armrest is positioned beneath the receptacle in the first position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The interior system of claim 4, wherein the armrest comprises: a storage compartment; and a lid operably coupled to the storage compartment and pivotable between an open position, wherein access to the storage compartment is provided, and a closed position, wherein the lid covers an opening to the storage compartment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The interior system of claim 5, wherein the support structure interferes with a pivot path of the lid in the first position of the armrest. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The interior system of claim 5, wherein the lid is operable to pivot between the open and closed positions about a lid pivot axis that extends substantially seating assembly-longitudinally. ### Claim 8 An interior system for a vehicle, comprising: a first seating assembly coupled to the vehicle; a second seating assembly coupled to the vehicle; a first armrest corresponding with and in a spaced-relationship with the first seating assembly and operable to translate in a first seating assembly-lateral direction from a first position, wherein the armrest is a first distance from the first seating assembly, to a second position, wherein the armrest is a second distance from the first seating assembly, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance; and a second armrest corresponding with and in a spaced-relationship with the second seating assembly and operable to pivot from a stowed position to a use position about a substantially vehicle-vertical pivot axis. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The interior system of claim 8, wherein a majority of the first armrest is positioned beneath the second armrest in a condition of the interior system, wherein the first armrest is in the first position and the second armrest is in the stowed position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The interior system of claim 8, wherein the first armrest comprises: a first armrest distal end; and a first armrest proximal end, wherein the first armrest extends from the first armrest proximal end to the first armrest distal end away from a first seatback of the first seating assembly along a length of the first armrest that is substantially perpendicular to the first seating assembly-lateral direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The interior system of claim 10, wherein the second armrest comprises: a second armrest distal end; and a second armrest proximal end, wherein the second armrest extends from the second armrest proximal end to the second armrest distal end away from a second seatback of the second seating assembly along a length of the second armrest, wherein the length of the second armrest is substantially parallel to a second seating assembly-lateral direction in the stowed position of the second armrest, and the length of the second armrest is substantially perpendicular to the second seating assembly-lateral direction in the use position of the second armrest. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The interior system of claim 11, wherein the length of the first armrest is substantially parallel to the length of the second armrest in the stowed position of the second armrest. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The interior system of claim 8, wherein the first seating assembly faces a first vehicle-direction, the second seating assembly faces a second vehicle-direction, and the first vehicle-direction is substantially perpendicular to the second vehicle-direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The interior system of claim 8, further comprising: a receptacle positioned within the vehicle, such that, in a condition of the interior system wherein the first armrest is in the first position and the second armrest is in the stowed position, the second armrest is positioned beneath the receptacle and the first armrest is positioned beneath the receptacle and the second armrest. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The interior system of claim 8, wherein the first armrest comprises: a storage compartment; and a lid operably coupled to the storage compartment and pivotable between an open position, wherein access to the storage compartment is provided, and a closed position, wherein the lid covers an opening to the storage compartment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The interior system of claim 15, further comprising: a support structure coupled to the vehicle, wherein the first armrest is translatably coupled to the support structure, and the support structure interferes with a pivot path of the lid in the first position of the first armrest. ### Claim 17 An interior system for a vehicle, comprising: a support structure coupled to at least one of a door of the vehicle and an interior wall of the vehicle at a position vehicle-upward of a floor of the vehicle; and an armrest in a spaced-relationship with a corresponding seating assembly of the vehicle, translatably coupled to the support structure, and operable to translate relative to the support structure from a first position, wherein the armrest is positioned beneath the support structure, to a second position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The interior system of claim 17, wherein the armrest translates in a seating assembly-lateral direction from the first position to the second position. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The interior system of claim 18, wherein the armrest is a first distance from the seating assembly in the first position and a second distance from the seating assembly in the second position, and wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The interior system of claim 17, wherein the support structure comprises: an open-topped receptacle.