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US 12,304,375 B2Granted
Vehicle having deployable tray for use on a steering wheel
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMicah Jones, Rafael Rego, Erik Chapman, Stuart C. Salter
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Abstract
A vehicle comprises a steering wheel assembly having a steering wheel, a console having a housing with a wall configured with a tray storage region, and a tray configured to be stored in the tray storage region in the console in the stowed position, where the tray is configured to be operatively coupled to the steering wheel in a deployed position.
Claims17
A vehicle comprising:
- a steering wheel assembly having a steering wheel;
- a console having a housing with a wall configured with a tray storage region;
- and
- a tray configured to be stored in the tray storage region in the console in a stowed position, wherein the tray is configured to be operatively coupled to the steering wheel in a deployed position, wherein the console further comprises a connector assembly for connecting the tray to the tray storage region in the stowed position, and wherein the connector assembly comprises a cam latch for latching the tray in a fixed position onto the tray storage region.
1 more element
A method of providing a tray on a steering wheel in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a console on the vehicle having a sidewall provided by a tray connected to a tray storage region;
- removing the tray from the tray storage region in the sidewall of the console;
- placing the tray on a portion of the steering wheel such that a portion of the steering wheel extends through an opening formed in the tray;
- and
- unlatching the tray from the tray storage region by rotating a cam latch to an unlatched position.
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A method of providing a tray on a steering wheel in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing a console on the vehicle having a sidewall provided by a tray connected to a tray storage region;
- removing the tray from the tray storage region in the sidewall of the console;
- and
- placing the tray on a portion of the steering wheel such that a portion of the steering wheel extends through an opening formed in the tray, wherein the tray includes a first edge configured to matingly engage a second edge of the tray storage region, and wherein the first edge has a slot and the second edge has a rib that is matingly engageable in the slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.