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Granted Patent B2
US 12,115,894 · App. 17/766,140 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Table device and vehicle

Inventors: Georgios Mpakaris (Stuttgart, DE); Benno Stamp (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
B60N3/102B60N3/002
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Patent No.
US 12,115,894
App. No.
17/766,140
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A table device for an interior of a vehicle includes a table element that is positionable between a non-use position and a use position where the table element is disposable in a region of an instrument panel of a front passenger of the vehicle. An underside of the table element, in an installed position of the table element in the interior of the vehicle, faces a front passenger seat of the vehicle in the non-use position. The underside of the table element has a tear-resistant microsandwich material. The tear-resistant microsandwich material has a tear-resistant surface and a core that fails in a targeted manner.

Claims (16)

1. A table device for an interior of a vehicle, the table device comprising:

a table element with an underside comprising a tear-resistant microsandwich material having a tear-resistant surface and a core that fails in a targeted manner under collision so as to prevent the formation of sharp broken edges in a front passenger leg area,

wherein the table element is configured to be positioned between a non-use position and a use position,

wherein the table element is configured to be installed in a region of a front passenger instrument of the vehicle such that the underside of the table element faces a front passenger seat of the vehicle when in the non-use position.

2. The table device according to claim 1 , further comprising a surface heater disposed on the underside of the table element.

3. The table device according to claim 1 , further comprising a circular arc-shaped guide, wherein the table element is movable by a sliding movement along the circular arc-shaped guide for positioning the table element from the non-use position into the use position and from the use position into the non-use position.

4. The table device according to claim 3 , wherein the sliding movement is executable solely manually, manually with spring force assistance, or electromechanically.

5. The table device according to claim 1 , wherein an upper side of the table element has an edge region that surrounds a planar tabletop surface.

6. The table device according to claim 1 , wherein an electrical and/or an electronic interface is integrated into the table element.

7. The table device according to claim 1 , wherein the table element has a ferromagnetic surface and/or a plurality of holding elements.

8. The table device according to claim 1 , wherein the table element has a holding element and wherein the holding element is a hook, an eyelet, or a recess.

9. The table device according to claim 1 , further comprising an electronic display unit integrated into an upper side of the table element.

10. A vehicle, comprising:

a table device, that includes a table element with an underside comprising a tear-resistant microsandwich material having a tear-resistant surface and a core that fails in a targeted manner under collision so as to prevent the formation of sharp broken edges in a front passenger leg area,

wherein the table element is configured to be positioned between a non-use position and a use position,

wherein the table element is configured to be installed in a region of a front passenger instrument of the vehicle such that the underside of the table element faces a front passenger seat of the vehicle when in the non-use position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2022
From: MPAKARIS, GEORGIOS; STAMP, BENNO
To: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 006 897.1 · Oct 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220363178A1 · Nov 17, 2022