Bidirectional sliding armrest
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ecoplastic Corporation
InventorsYoon Im, Hye Kyung Kim, Yong Won Choi, Hae Ju Park
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Abstract
A bidirectional sliding armrest includes: an armrest cover located at an upper portion of a console body provided in a vehicle body so as to be spaced apart therefrom; a power transmission unit fastened to a lower portion of the armrest cover and configured to move to correspond to operation of the armrest cover; a console fixing unit located on the console body and configured to include a plurality of fixing recesses; and a locking unit located on a lower surface of the armrest cover. The locking unit is fixed to the plurality of fixing recesses, and configured to fix the lengthwise position of the armrest cover.
Claims6
A bidirectional sliding armrest comprising:
- an armrest cover configured to be locatable at an upper portion of a console body provided in a vehicle body so as to be spaced apart therefrom;
- a power transmission unit disposed at a lower portion of the armrest cover and configured to move to correspond to operation of the armrest cover;
- a console fixing unit configured to be locatable on the console body and configured to include a plurality of fixing recesses;
- a locking unit configured to be fixable on a lower surface of the armrest cover, fixed to the plurality of fixing recesses, and configured to fix a lengthwise position of the armrest cover;
- a link stopper at which a trapezoidal section is formed and opposite ends of which are inserted into the fixing recesses;
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- a link stopper bracket, mechanically fastened to a link rod of the power transmission unit, including inner sides corresponding to the trapezoidal section, wherein the link stopper bracket is formed to enclose sides of the link stopper.
A bidirectional sliding armrest comprising:
- an armrest cover configured to be locatable at an upper portion of a console body provided in a vehicle body so as to be spaced apart therefrom;
- a power transmission unit disposed at a lower portion of the armrest cover and configured to move to correspond to operation of the armrest cover;
- a console fixing unit configured to be locatable on the console body and configured to include a plurality of fixing recesses;
- a locking unit configured to be fixable on a lower surface of the armrest cover, fixed to the plurality of fixing recesses, and configured to fix a lengthwise position of the armrest cover;
- a spring section, one end of which is fixed to the console fixing unit, and the other end of which is fixed to the locking unit, wherein the spring section is configured to apply an elastic restoring force that biases the armrest cover rearward in a lengthwise direction of a vehicle;
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- a link stopper bracket, mechanically fastened to a link rod of the power transmission unit, including inner sides corresponding to a trapezoidal section of a link stopper, wherein the link stopper bracket is formed to enclose sides of the link stopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.