IP Library Granted Patent US 11,970,100
Granted Patent B2
US 11,970,100 · App. 17/608,034 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Table device for a vehicle

Inventors: Valentin Maier (Ispringen, DE); Christoph Menzel (Stuttgart, DE); Bernd Plocher (Rottenburg, DE); Benno Stamp (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Daimler AG
B60N3/002
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Patent No.
US 11,970,100
App. No.
17/608,034
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A table device for an interior of a vehicle includes a table element that is positionable from a non-use position into a use position. The table element, secured to a pivot arm in the non-use position, forms a trim element of a center console of the vehicle. The pivot arm is secured to a frame element and the frame element is guided by a guide element through a predefined movement path. The frame element is liftable by a first drive unit through the predefined movement path such that the table element pivots out in part, through a predefined angle, from a housing formed by the center console. The table element is liftable by a second drive unit into the use position.

Claims (16)

1. A table device (T) for an interior of a vehicle, comprising:

a table element ( 2 ) that is positionable from a non-use position into a use position;

a pivot arm ( 3 ), wherein the table element ( 2 ) secured to the pivot arm ( 3 ) in the non-use position forms a trim element of a center console ( 1 ) of the vehicle;

a frame element ( 4 ), wherein the pivot arm ( 3 ) is secured to the frame element ( 4 );

a guide element ( 5 ), wherein the frame element ( 4 ) is guided by the guide element ( 5 ) through a predefined movement path;

a first drive unit ( 6 ), wherein the frame element ( 4 ) is liftable by the first drive unit ( 6 ) through the predefined movement path such that the table element ( 2 ) pivots out in part, through a predefined angle, from a housing formed by the center console ( 1 ); and

a second drive unit ( 7 ), wherein the table element ( 2 ) is liftable by the second drive unit ( 7 ) into the use position.

2. The table device (T) according to claim 1 , wherein a forcibly controlled movement between the pivot arm ( 3 ) and the table element ( 2 ) results from a lateral pivoting of the table element ( 2 ) and wherein the table element ( 2 ) latches in place in a lateral use position.

3. The table device (T) according to claim 2 , wherein a hinge for performing the lateral pivoting is disposed on the pivot arm ( 3 ) or on the table element ( 2 ).

4. The table device (T) according to claim 2 , wherein a toothed belt unit (Z) is configured to perform the forcibly controlled movement.

5. The table device (T) according to claim 4 , wherein the toothed belt unit (Z) comprises a first gearwheel ( 9 ) mounted rotatably about a first rotation axis, a second gearwheel ( 10 ) mounted rotatably about a second rotation axis, and a toothed belt ( 11 ) which is mechanically engaged with both the first gearwheel ( 9 ) and the second gearwheel ( 10 ).

6. The table device (T) according to claim 1 , wherein an actuator is configured to cancel a latching between the table element ( 2 ) and the pivot arm ( 3 ).

7. The table device (T) according to claim 1 , wherein the table element ( 2 ) comprises a first part and a second part that can be folded open.

8. The table device (T) according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the table element ( 2 ) and a part of the pivot arm ( 3 ) are hollow.

9. The table device (T) according to claim 1 , wherein the table element ( 2 ) is formed from a metal or a plastic.

10. The table device (T) according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the table element ( 2 ) has an anti-slip coating.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2021
From: MAIER, VALENTIN; MENZEL, CHRISTOPH; PLOCHER, BERND; STAMP, BENNO
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 058129/0552 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 003 126.1 · May 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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