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Granted Patent B2
US 10,189,520 · App. 15/462,236 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Modular system for a vehicle

Inventor: Joerg Hinkfoth (Wolfsburg, DE)
Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
B62D65/14B60J5/04B60N2/78B60R13/0243B60R13/0256B62D25/14B62D65/06B60R2013/0293
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Patent No.
US 10,189,520
App. No.
15/462,236
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A modular system for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, whereby the vehicle is to be provided with a selected instrument panel and at least one selected door, which can be arranged on the vehicle in a pivotal manner in order to close or release a vehicle door opening adjoining the instrument panel, whereby the modular system has at least two different instrument panels and/or at least two different doors for selection, whereby each instrument panel has a first joint region, and each door has a second joint region which corresponds to the first joint region such that each first joint region and the respective second joint region always form the same joint in the closed position of the door.

Claims (12)

1. A modular system for a vehicle comprising:

a selected instrument panel that extends over a width of an interior of the motor vehicle from a driver side of the vehicle to a passenger side of the vehicle;

at least one selected door that is arranged on a side of the vehicle in a pivotal manner in order to close or open a vehicle door opening adjoining the selected instrument panel;

wherein the modular system has at least two different instrument panels and/or at least two different doors for selection, wherein each instrument panel has a first joint region and each door has a second joint region,

wherein the second joint region is pivoted away from the first joint region when the at least one selected door is pivoted into an open position and the second joint region is pivoted towards the first joint region so as to adjoin the first joint region and form a unitary joint when the at least one selected door is pivoted into a closed position, and

wherein the second joint region corresponds to the first joint region such that each first joint region and each second joint region, when adjoined in the closed position of the door, always form the unitary joint with a same joint gap width therebetween.

2. The modular system according to claim 1 , wherein the doors in their second joint region have a depression for partially receiving the particular instrument panel with its first joint region.

3. The modular system according to claim 1 , wherein the doors are formed with armrests of different widths.

4. The modular system according to claim 1 , wherein the instrument panels are made with a different width.

5. The modular system according to claim 1 , wherein each door has a door frame and an insert part arranged on the door frames, and wherein the insert part forms the second joint region.

6. The modular system according to claim 1 , wherein different insert parts are provided to form the different doors.

7. The modular system according to claim 5 , wherein the door frame and the insert part are formed such that each insert part is configured to be arranged in or on each door frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2017
From: HINKFOTH, JOERG
To: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 042225/0533 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 218 698 · Sep 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2015070901 · Sep 11, 2015
Related Publication 20170190368A1 · Jul 6, 2017