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AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsKenneth M. Clark, Adam W. Callif, Giovanni Shin, John C. Ickes, Michael M. Warsaw, John Brett, Craig D. Flowerday
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A console system which may translate longitudinally in a vehicle includes a forward end which is capable of being at least partially nested with a vehicle instrument panel. The range of movement may extend to the front seats or further toward the rear of the vehicle to provide functionality for occupants of second or even third row seats. The translation mechanism preferably includes a track similar to those employed in the vehicle art for manual seat adjustment. In the most preferred embodiment, a storage drawer is included in the instrument panel which may be used when the console is in any position, including its nested position.
A sliding console system for a vehicle having a cockpit and an instrument panel, the console system comprising a track, a console mounted on the track and adapted to be locked in a plurality of positions along the track, at least a portion of the console nesting with at least a portion of the instrument panel when the console is in one of its positions.
A vehicle including an instrument panel extending across the front of an occupant cockpit and in front of a pair of spaced apart front seats, a track extending between the front seats and fore of the front seats, a console engaging the track and adapted to move thereon between a forward position and at least one rearward position, at least a portion of the console nesting with at least a portion of the instrument panel when the console is in the forward position.
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