Interior folding armrest for automotive vehicle door
AssigneeChrysler Group LLC
InventorsDouglas Quigley, Robert Smyczynski, Irina Zavatski
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Abstract
An interior armrest for a sliding door assembly of a motor vehicle having a hollow housing that is pivotally movable about a pivot axis between a horizontal position for use as an armrest and a vertical position for storage is disclosed. The housing includes an actuator for automatically moving the armrest to the vertical position from the horizontal position as the sliding door moves between the closed and the open position. The armrest is disposed within a recess of the sliding door assembly when in the vertical position.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a sliding door movable in forward and rearward directions between open and closed positions with respect to the vehicle body, said door having a cavity formed therein;
- an armrest pivotally movable about a pivot axis between a horizontal position for use as an armrest and a vertical position for storage within the cavity, said pivot axis being substantially parallel to said forward and rearward directions;
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- wherein the armrest includes an actuator for automatically moving the armrest between to the vertical position from horizontal position as the sliding door moves between the closed position and the open position.
An interior armrest for a sliding door assembly of a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing pivotally movable about a pivot axis between a horizontal position for use as an armrest and a vertical position for storage;
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- an actuator for automatically moving the armrest to the vertical position from the horizontal position as the sliding door assembly moves between a closed position to an open position, and
- wherein the armrest is disposed within a recess of the sliding door assembly when in the vertical position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.