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US 2025/0083733 A1Published application
Device and system for retracting a control console of a vehicle in an emergency
AssigneeRee Automotive Ltd
InventorsDaniel BAREL, Ido GURY
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Abstract
A retractable console system for a vehicle, which may include: a control console; a linkage coupled to the control console; an actuator coupled to the linkage, the actuator may: lock the linkage and the control console coupled thereto in an operational position; and upon detection of an emergency, abruptly unlock and cause the linkage and the console coupled thereto to move from the operational position to a non-operational emergency position by releasing energy.
Claims20
A retractable console system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a control console;
- a linkage coupled to the control console;
- an actuator coupled to the linkage, the actuator being configured to:
- lock the linkage and the control console coupled thereto in an operational position;
- and
- upon detection of an emergency, abruptly unlock and position the linkage and the console coupled thereto in a non-operational emergency position by releasing energy.
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A device for retracting a control console of a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a housing having a hollow interior, the housing being couplable to a chassis of a vehicle;
- a first member disposed within the hollow interior of the housing, the first member having a hollow interior;
- a second member partly disposed within the hollow interior of the first member, the second member being couplable to a linkage, the linkage being coupled to the control console;
- and
- a detaining mechanism to lock the first member;
- wherein upon detection of an emergency, the detaining mechanism unlocks the first member and moves the first member to move in a longitudinal direction with respect to the housing and to carry the second member in the longitudinal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.