Split wing armrest dual pawl latch mechanism
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsFrancis Raymond GILLIS, Ian JOHNS, Francesco DIDATO
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Abstract
A latch assembly for a vehicle armrest may include a pair of pawls fixed on opposite sides of a coupler, each pawl including a projection on each end thereof, and a pair of paddles each engaging one of each pawls and configured to cause inward translation of at least one of the pawls in response to an actuation at one of the paddles, wherein an inward translation of one pawl causes, via the coupler, an inward translation of the other pawl to disengage the projections from a console.
Claims20
A latch assembly for a vehicle armrest, comprising:
- a pair of pawls fixed on opposite sides of a coupler, each pawl including a projection on each end thereof, and
- a pair of paddles each engaging one of each pawls and configured to cause inward translation of at least one of the pawls in response to an actuation at one of the paddles, wherein an inward translation of one pawl causes, via the coupler, an inward translation of the other pawl to disengage the projections from a console.
An armrest assembly for a vehicle armrest, comprising:
- a pair of armrests spaced from one another and arranged on each side of a center console, each armrests including a pawl fixed to opposite sides of a coupler, and
- a pair of paddles each engaging one pawl and configured to cause, via the coupler, an inward translation of both pawls in response to an actuation at one of the paddles.
A pawl assembly for a vehicle armrest, comprising:
- a pair of pawls coupled to each side of a coupler, and
- a pair of paddles each engaging one of the pawls, the paddles rotatable about a pivot such that an actuation at one of the paddles is configured to cause an inward translation of a respective pawl and wherein the inward translation of the respective pawl causes, via the coupler, an inward translation of the other pawl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.