Back to results
US 8,538,637 B2Granted
Vehicle with a luggage compartment and an operating element
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorRobert Girschick
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In a vehicle that features a luggage compartment with a cargo opening that can be closed, as well as an operating element that can be actuated in order to open the luggage compartment, an auxiliary function is provided for a function other than the function of opening the luggage compartment and assigned to the operating element while the cargo opening is open such that no additional operating elements.
Claims20
A vehicle featuring a luggage compartment with a cargo opening, comprising:
- a lid having a closed configuration wherein the lid closes the cargo opening and having an open configuration wherein the lid is raised from the cargo opening;
- a lid locking mechanism connected to the lid and configured to selectively lock the lid in the closed configuration and to selectively unlock the lid for movement to the open configuration;
- a roof having a retracted configuration wherein the roof is located in the luggage compartment;
- a roof lifting mechanism connected to the roof and configured to selectively raise the roof from the retracted configuration and to selectively lower the roof into the retracted configuration;
- a switch connected to the lid locking mechanism and to the roof lifting mechanism, wherein the switch has a single switching function to transmit a single signal;
- and
- a control in communication with the switch to receive the single signal, wherein the control assigns the single signal to the lid locking mechanism to unlock the lid when the lid is in the closed configuration, and wherein, when the lid is unlocked, the control assigns the single signal to the roof lifting mechanism to raise the roof from the retracted configuration.
4 more elements
A vehicle comprising:
- a luggage compartment formed with a cargo opening selectively closed with a lid;
- a lid locking mechanism connected to the lid and configured to selectively lock the lid in a closed configuration and to selectively unlock the lid for movement to an open configuration;
- a loading mechanism connected to the luggage compartment and configured to selectively raise the luggage compartment and to selectively lower the luggage compartment;
- a switch configured to transmit a single signal upon actuation;
- and
- a control in communication with the switch to receive the single signal, wherein the control assigns the single signal to the lid locking mechanism to unlock the lid upon a first actuation of the switch;
- and wherein the control assigns the single signal to the loading mechanism to raise the luggage compartment upon a second actuation of the switch.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.