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Granted Patent B2
US 12,679,277 · App. 18/601,801 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Console for vehicle

Inventor: Norifumi Miyake (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MORIROKU CO., LTD.
B60R7/04B60N2/753B60N3/101
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,679,277
App. No.
18/601,801
Filed
Mar 11, 2024
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3612
USPC
296/24.34
Abstract

A console for vehicle includes a console main body, a placing portion provided at a top of the console main body to allow belongings to be placed thereon, an armrest supported from a retracted position which is a side of the console main body to a rest position above the retracted position in a swingable manner to allow an occupant to place an arm thereon when the armrest is located at the rest position, and a falling-of-belongings suppression mechanism interlocked with swing of the armrest and configured to suppress falling of the belongings placed on the placing portion when the armrest is located at the rest position.

Claims (15)

1 . A console for vehicle, comprising:

a console main body;

a placing portion provided at a top of the console main body to allow belongings to be placed thereon;

an armrest supported from a retracted position which is a side of the console main body to a rest position above the retracted position in a swingable manner to allow an occupant to place an arm thereon when the armrest is located at the rest position; and

a falling-of-belongings suppression mechanism interlocked with swing of the armrest and configured to suppress falling of the belongings placed on the placing portion when the armrest is located at the rest position.

2 . The console for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, based on a time when the armrest is located at the retracted position, an upper end portion located at an upper end of the armrest is located at a position higher than the placing portion.

3 . The console for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the falling-of-belongings suppression mechanism comprises a cam interlocked with swing of the armrest, and a fall suppression wall provided at least partially between the console main body and the placing portion and displaced by an operation of the cam,

when the armrest is displaced from the retracted position to the rest position, the fall suppression wall is raised above a placing top surface included in a top surface of the placing portion by the cam, and

when the armrest is displaced from the rest position to the retracted position, the fall suppression wall is lowered to approximately the same level as the placing top surface or lowered below the placing top surface.

4 . The console for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the falling-of-belongings suppression mechanism comprises a cam interlocked with swing of the armrest,

the placing portion is allowed to be raised and lowered by the cam,

when the armrest is displaced from the retracted position to the rest position, the placing portion is lowered below a main body top surface included in a top surface of the console main body by the cam, and

when the armrest is displaced from the rest position to the retracted position, the placing portion is raised to approximately the same level as the main body top surface by the cam.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 18636270 TO APPLICATION NUMBER 18363270 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 71770 FRAME 194. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE IN ONE TRANSACTION, MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD., SPUN-OUT A PORTION OF THE COMPANY THAT OWNED THE PATENT APPLICATIONS AND THE SPUN-OUT PORTION, WHICH WAS UNNAMED AFTER JAPANESE LAW, WAS ABSORBED BY MORIROKU CO., LTD.. Recorded Sep 26, 2025
From: MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
To: MORIROKU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072874/0645 →
IN ONE TRANSACTION, MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD. SPUN-OUT A PORTION OF THE COMPANY THAT OWNED THE PATENT APPLICATIONS AND THE SPUN-OUT PORTION, WHICH WAS UNNAMED UNDER JAPANESE LAW, WAS ABSORBED BY MORIROKU CO., LTD. Recorded Jun 17, 2025
From: MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
To: MORIROKU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071770/0194 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: MIYAKE, NORIFUMI
To: MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066722/0442 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-072469 · Apr 26, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240359628A1 · Oct 31, 2024
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