Deployable, expandable storage assembly for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSantiago Manuel Parra Becerra, Maria Fernanda Villanueva Ochoa
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Abstract
A deployable and expandable storage assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That storage assembly includes a panel, an expandable linkage assembly and a cover. The cover is carried on the expandable linkage assembly and is displaceable between a stowed position toward the panel and a deployed position projecting from the panel so as to define a storage space and an access opening.
Claims22
A storage assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a panel;
- an expandable linkage assembly;
- and
- a cover carried on said expandable linkage assembly and displaceable between a stowed position toward said panel and a deployed position projecting from said panel in a parallel arrangement so as to define a storage space with an access opening.
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The storage assembly of claim 21, further including a biasing mechanism biasing said floor linkage into said second position.
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The storage assembly of claim 22, wherein said expandable linkage assembly includes a third connecting rod, a fourth connecting rod and a second elastic mesh extending between said third connecting rod and said fourth connecting rod forming a second end of said storage space.
A storage assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a panel;
- an expandable linkage assembly;
- a cover carried on said expandable linkage assembly and displaceable between a stowed position toward said panel and a deployed position projecting from said panel so as to define a storage space with an access opening;
- and
- a floor linkage including (a) a floor panel pivotally connected to a body of said motor vehicle by a pivot, (b) two opposed racks carried on said cover and (c) two opposed pinions carried on said floor panel that engage with and travel along said two opposed racks as said floor panel is displaced between a first position against said cover when said cover is in said stowed position and a second position extending outwardly between said panel and said cover where said cover is in said deployed position.
A storage assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a panel;
- an expandable linkage assembly;
- and
- a cover carried on said expandable linkage assembly and displaceable between a stowed position toward said panel and a deployed position projecting from said panel so as to define a storage space with an access opening,
- wherein said expandable linkage assembly includes a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod and a first elastic mesh extending between said first connecting rod and said second connecting rod forming a first end of said storage space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.