# US 9,038,842 B2 · Storage compartment

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- Number: US 9,038,842 B2
- Document ID: US9038842B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/510,833
- Filed: 2010-11-19
- Published: 2012-12-20
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2009-11-20
- Assignees: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
- Applicants: Volker Doll
- Inventors: Volker Doll
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038842B2

## CPC

- B60R 7/06: mounted on or below dashboards
- B60R 2011/0005: {Dashboard}
- B60R 2011/0007: {Mid-console}
- B60R 2011/0087: {around two axes}
- B60R 2011/0094: {characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

The invention relates to a storage compartment comprising a storage space, a cover flap (3) covering the opening (5) of the storage space, said flap releasing the opening (5) in an opened position and closing it in a closed position, and a mechanism (4) for opening and closing the cover flap, wherein the mechanism comprises a first coupling rod (40) that is mounted on a first pivot rotatably about a first axis (41) in the storage space and comprises a second pivot spaced from the first pivot, and a lever (30) arranged rigidly on the cover flap is mounted on the second pivot rotatably about a second axis (42). According to the invention, a gear wheel section (33) that is in engagement with a further rotatably mounted gear wheel (44) is present on the cover flap, wherein the gear wheel is also arranged on the coupling rod.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A storage compartment, comprising:
a storage space having an opening;
a cover flap which covers the opening of the storage space in a closed position and reveals the opening in an opened position; and
a mechanism for moving the cover flap between the opened and closed positions;
wherein the mechanism comprises a first coupling rod which at a first rotation point is arranged in a rotatably mounted manner about a first axis in the storage space;
wherein the mechanism comprises a second rotation point distanced from the first rotation point, a lever being rigidly arranged on the cover flap at the second rotation point, the lever being rotatably mounted about a second axis; and
wherein the lever comprises a cog section in a region of the second rotation point, said cog section meshing with a further cog which is rotatably mounted on the first coupling rod and is arranged on the first coupling rod, wherein the further cog is rotatably mounted at a third rotation point of the first coupling rod and is rotatably arranged about a third axis, wherein the third axis is different from the first axis and from the second axis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The storage compartment according to claim 1, characterized in that the third axis is arranged parallel to the first axis and distanced from the first axis, and a stationary cog is arranged coaxially to the first axis and meshes with the further cog.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The storage compartment according to claim 1, characterized in that the first coupling rod is connected to a restoring element.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The storage compartment according to claim 1, characterized in that a holder is present, which in the storage space at a holding point is arranged in a rotatably mounted manner about a tumble axis and comprises a contact point delimiting the holder.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The storage compartment according to claim 4, characterized in that the contact point contacts a lower side of the cover flap, wherein the contact point preferably lies on a curved surface of the holder.