IP Library Granted Patent US 9,944,179
Granted Patent B2
US 9,944,179 · App. 15/314,425 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Center console

Inventor: Takahiro Toriumi (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
B60K20/02B60H1/00564B60H1/246B60R7/04B60R13/0206B60R13/0262B60H2001/002B60R2013/0287
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Patent No.
US 9,944,179
App. No.
15/314,425
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

To secure and improve the support rigidity of an electric AT device without any structural difficulty. A center console includes a console body which has a pair of side wall parts, and an AT finisher which is provided between upper ends of the pair of side wall parts. An electric AT device is mounted on a lower surface side of the AT finisher directly or through a mounting bracket. A rigid member is mounted in at least one inner surface of the pair of side wall parts. A device holding part which is supported by an upper portion of the rigid member is provided in the mounting bracket or the electric AT device.

Claims (10)

1. A center console comprising:

a console body which has a pair of side wall parts; and

an AT finisher which is provided between upper ends of the pair of side wall parts of the console body, wherein:

an electric AT device is mounted on a lower surface side of the AT finisher directly or through a mounting bracket;

a rigid member is mounted in at least one inner surface of the pair of side wall parts; and

a device holding part which is supported by an upper portion of the rigid member is provided in the mounting bracket or the electric AT device.

2. The center console according to claim 1 , wherein

the rigid member serves as a duct member which forms an air-conditioning air passage extending in a front and rear direction of a vehicle between the duct member and the inner surface of the side wall part.

3. The center console according to claim 2 , wherein

the duct member has a deposition rib, which is capable of being subjected to vibration deposition with respect to the inner surface of the side wall part, in at least upper and lower edge portions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2025
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071577/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2017
From: TORIUMI, TAKAHIRO
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043868/0009 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-110568 · May 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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