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Granted Patent B2
US 12,617,348 · App. 18/679,892 · Granted May 5, 2026

Luggage system and vehicle including same

Inventors: Rina Mukai (Aichi, JP); Tokuyuki Nishikawa (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R7/02
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Patent No.
US 12,617,348
App. No.
18/679,892
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Adjusted is a stop position of a slide bar in accordance with luggage placed on a luggage space. In a case where a detection part configured to detect whether or not luggage exists has detected that the luggage exists, a controller of a luggage system controls a driving mechanism configured to drive a slide bar, to cause the slide bar to move in a first direction and adjusts a stop position of the slide bar in the first direction.

Claims (26)

1 . A luggage system included in a vehicle, the luggage system comprising:

a detection part configured to detect whether or not luggage placed on a placement surface of a luggage space exists;

a slide bar configured to move in a first direction along the placement surface;

a driving mechanism configured to drive the slide bar; and

a controller, wherein

in a case where the detection part has detected that the luggage exists, the controller controls the driving mechanism to cause the slide bar to move in the first direction and adjusts a stop position of the slide bar in the first direction.

2 . The luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein the slide bar includes a first wall extending in a second direction which is along the placement surface and which intersects with the first direction and a second wall connected with the first wall and extending in the first direction.

3 . The luggage system according to claim 2 , wherein:

the second wall includes a first small bar; and

the first small bar is movable between a normal position and an extension position in which the first small bar extends in the first direction beyond the normal position.

4 . The luggage system according to claim 1 , further comprising a second small bar movable between a stored position in which the second small bar is stored in a standing wall located so as to face the slide bar in the first direction and a first protruding position in which the second small bar protrudes to an outside of the standing wall.

5 . The luggage system according to claim 4 , wherein the second small bar is movable to a second protruding position in which the second small bar protrudes in a third direction opposite to the first direction beyond the first protruding position.

6 . The luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where no luggage exists in the luggage space, the slide bar is located in a farthest position located furthest in a third direction opposite to the first direction within a range in which the slide bar is movable.

7 . The luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the detection part has detected that the luggage exists, the controller causes the slide bar to move in a third direction opposite to the first direction when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

8 . The luggage system according to claim 7 , wherein in a case where the controller detects that the vehicle inclines in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, the controller does not cause the slide bar to move in the third direction.

9 . The luggage system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller controls the driving mechanism to cause the slide bar to move in a second direction which is along the placement surface and which intersects with the first direction, and the controller adjusts a stop position of the slide bar in the second direction.

10 . The luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the slide bar includes a distance sensor that is able to measure a distance in the first direction between the slide bar and the luggage placed on the placement surface; and

in a case where a result of measurement of the distance sensor is smaller than a first threshold, the controller causes the slide bar to temporarily stop moving in the first direction.

11 . The luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the slide bar includes a reaction force sensor configured to detect a reaction force applied from the luggage; and

on the basis of a reaction force that has been detected by the reaction force sensor, the controller controls the driving mechanism to adjust a force by which the slide bar presses the luggage.

12 . The luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection part is a load sensor configured to detect a load of the luggage placed on the placement surface.

13 . The luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection part is a camera that is able to capture an image of the luggage space.

14 . A vehicle comprising the luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein the luggage space is located on a front side of an interior space of the vehicle.

15 . A vehicle comprising the luggage system according to claim 1 , wherein the luggage space is located alongside a movement line that a user follows and that is defined by a pathway which is formed in an interior space of the vehicle and along which the user is to pass.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2024
From: MUKAI, RINA; NISHIKAWA, TOKUYUKI
To: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 067580/0957 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-093399 · Jun 6, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240409033A1 · Dec 12, 2024
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