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US 12,559,009 B2Granted
Door-mounted handrest
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuhito Kato, Kousuke Suzuki, Kenta Shintani
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Abstract
A door-mounted handrest is at the vehicle upper side relative to a door armrest of a side door of a vehicle. The door-mounted handrest projects toward a passenger compartment inner side from the side door. The handrest is configured to support the back of a hand of a vehicle occupant who is resting an elbow on the door armrest.
Claims10
A door-mounted handrest,
- wherein the door-mounted handrest is configured to projects toward a passenger compartment inner side from a side door of a vehicle, at a vehicle upper side relative to a door armrest of the side door, the door-mounted handrest being configured to support a back of a hand of a vehicle occupant who is resting an elbow on the door armrest,
- wherein the door-mounted handrest is configured to switch between:
- a projecting state in which the door-mounted handrest projects toward the passenger compartment inner side from the side door;
- and
- a stowed state in which the door-mounted handrest is stowed in the side door, wherein the door-mounted handrest comprises:
- a handrest main body configured to support the back of the hand of the vehicle occupant;
- and
- a vertical rotation hinge configured to enable a rotation of the handrest main body between the projecting state and the stowed state, the rotation being a rotation relative to the side door about an axis along a vehicle vertical direction,
- wherein a recess portion for accommodating the handrest main body is formed in a door trim of the side door.
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