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US 2013/0239740 A1Published application
Shutter member for a motor vehicle control lever, and tunnel console provided with such shutter member
AssigneeFiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.
InventorTommaso VICENZO
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Abstract
A shutter member has a shutter with a substantially rigid wall, which has a side profile with a substantially arc of a circle shape and is provided with a hole adapted to be engaged by a motor vehicle control lever; the substantially rigid wall is supported by a fastening device, fixing the shutter member to the control lever; the shutter is provided with a tab, which defines a longitudinal extension of the substantially rigid wall and is elastically flexible.
Claims15
A shutter member (26) for a motor vehicle control lever (21);
- said shutter member comprising a shutter (33) having a hole adapted to be engaged by said control lever (21);
- characterized by comprising fastening means (29, 30, 31) adapted to be connected in a fixed position to said control lever (21);
- and in that said shutter (33) comprises:
- a substantially rigid wall (35), which has a side profile with a substantially circular arc shape, is provided with said hole, and is supported by said fastening means (29, 30, 31), and
- a tab (36), which defines a longitudinal extension of said substantially rigid wall (35) and is elastically flexible.
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A tunnel console of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a control lever (21) rotatable about an axis (23) between two end limit positions;
- a fixed structure (2) adapted to be arranged between two front seats of the vehicle and having a slot (18) got through by said control lever (21);
- a shutter member (26) arranged around said control lever (21) for closing said slot (18) and made according to any of the preceding claims;
- guiding means which guide said tab (36) during the rotation of said control lever (21) and bend downwards said tab (36) behind said slot (18).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.