Locking device of tray for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorByoung Wook Kim
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Abstract
A locking device of a tray includes a button; a first hooking part connected to an end of the button and including a support rod, movable in a first direction within a through hole formed in a base plate, and a hooking projection which is locked to or released from a hooking groove; a return spring interposed between the first hooking part and the base plate so as to provide elastic force to the first hooking part; and a second hooking part which is attached to a slanted slot in a side of the first hooking part so as to move in a slantwise direction with respect to the first hooking part.
Claims3
A lockable tray for a vehicle, comprising:
- a compartment;
- a door movable with respect to the compartment;
- and
- a lock device selectively locking the tray so as to selectively lock the door, including:
- a housing;
- a button mounted slidably within the housing along a line of motion having a first direction and opposing second direction;
- a first hooking part connected to an end of the button and comprising a support rod, movable in the first direction within a through hole formed in a base plate of the housing, and a hooking projection which is locked to or released from a first hooking groove formed in the door;
- a return spring interposed between the first hooking part and the base plate so as to provide elastic force to the first hooking part;
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- a second hooking part which is slidably coupled to a slanted slot formed in a side of the first hooking part so as to allow the second hooking part to move in a diagonal direction with respect to the first hooking part as well as the housing, thereby being locked to or released from a second hooking groove formed in the door by movement of the button along the first direction or the second direction, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.