US 11,912,187 B2Granted

Storage device and vehicle

AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsHannes Berg, Julia Schiller

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Abstract

A storage device for a vehicle has a guide unit and a hinge element which can be guided on the guide unit and is moveably guided along the guide unit in a drawer-type manner. The hinge element has a contact rest surface and at least one lateral wall at an angle to same. The lateral wall has a plurality of fold regions such that a first hinge part and a second hinge part are formed between fold lines in such a way that, in a use position, the storage device forms a stable support for objects.

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A storage device for a vehicle, comprising:

at least one guide unit which arrangeable on a vehicle interior component;
at least one hinge element which is guided on and along the guide unit so as to be displaceable in a drawer-type manner on a curved or angled-away movement path, wherein
the hinge element has a rest face and at least one side wall which is angled away with respect thereto,
the side wall has a first end, at which the side wall bears against the rest face, and a second end which lies opposite the first end,
the side wall has a multiplicity of folding regions which comprise a first folding line, a second folding line, a third folding line, a fourth folding line and a fifth folding line,
the first folding line is placed between the second folding line and the third folding line, with a result that a first hinge part is formed between the first folding line and the second folding line, and a second hinge part is formed between the first folding line and the third folding line,
the second folding line and the third folding line are of non-parallel configuration with respect to one another, and a first spacing between the second folding line and the third folding line at the first end is smaller than a second spacing between the second folding line and the third folding line at the second end,
the fourth folding line extends between the first folding line and the second folding line from the second end to the first folding line, and the fifth folding line extends between the first folding line and the third folding line from the second end to an intersection point of the first folding line and fourth folding line,
a lever element is attached on each first folding line between the second end and the intersection point with the fourth folding line and fifth folding line, and
each lever element is rotatable away from the associated first folding line by way of the guide unit, in order to transfer the first hinge part and the second hinge part selectively into a state which is folded into a peak or trough.

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Abstract

A storage device for a vehicle, comprising:

at least one guide unit which arrangeable on a vehicle interior component;
at least one hinge element which is guided on and along the guide unit so as to be displaceable in a drawer-type manner on a curved or angled-away movement path, wherein
the hinge element has a rest face and at least one side wall which is angled away with respect thereto,
the side wall has a first end, at which the side wall bears against the rest face, and a second end which lies opposite the first end,
the side wall has a multiplicity of folding regions which comprise a first folding line, a second folding line, a third folding line, a fourth folding line and a fifth folding line,
the first folding line is placed between the second folding line and the third folding line, with a result that a first hinge part is formed between the first folding line and the second folding line, and a second hinge part is formed between the first folding line and the third folding line,
the second folding line and the third folding line are of non-parallel configuration with respect to one another, and a first spacing between the second folding line and the third folding line at the first end is smaller than a second spacing between the second folding line and the third folding line at the second end,
the fourth folding line extends between the first folding line and the second folding line from the second end to the first folding line, and the fifth folding line extends between the first folding line and the third folding line from the second end to an intersection point of the first folding line and fourth folding line,
a lever element is attached on each first folding line between the second end and the intersection point with the fourth folding line and fifth folding line, and
each lever element is rotatable away from the associated first folding line by way of the guide unit, in order to transfer the first hinge part and the second hinge part selectively into a state which is folded into a peak or trough.

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