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Granted Patent B2
US 12,358,433 · App. 17/892,648 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Vehicle sliding console

Inventors: Gye Young Ahn (Seoul, KR); Kyoung Sik Kim (Ansan-si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
B60R7/04
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Patent No.
US 12,358,433
App. No.
17/892,648
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment sliding console of a vehicle includes a rail, a console body connected to the rail and configured to slide on the vehicle floor, a first duct disposed in the console body and configured to slide with respect to the console body, the first duct having a first hook configured to selectively fix a position when an inlet of the first duct is matched with an outlet of a floor duct, a second duct disposed in the console body such that a position thereof is fixed, coupled to an outlet of the first duct to overlap the first duct like a double pipe, and configured to slide with respect to the first duct, and a second hook configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct in accordance with an overlap length of the first duct and the second duct.

Claims (42)

1. A sliding console of a vehicle, the sliding console comprising:

a rail designed to be installed on a vehicle floor;

a console body connected to the rail and configured to slide on the vehicle floor;

a first duct disposed in the console body and configured to slide with respect to the console body, the first duct having a first hook configured to selectively fix a position when an inlet of the first duct is matched with an outlet of a floor duct;

a second duct disposed in the console body such that a position thereof is fixed, coupled to an outlet of the first duct to overlap the first duct like a double pipe, and configured to slide with respect to the first duct; and

a second hook configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct in accordance with an overlap length of the first duct and the second duct.

2. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein the rail extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the console body is configured to slide forward and backward, and the floor duct extends forward and backward.

3. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein the first duct and the second duct extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the first duct is configured to slide forward and backward with the console body, and the second duct is configured to slide forward and backward with the first duct.

4. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein the outlet of the floor duct is connected to the inlet of the first duct, the outlet of the first duct is connected to an inlet of the second duct, and a rear end of the second duct is configured to be connected to an interior of the vehicle.

5. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein a duct rail is disposed on the console body and the second duct is configured to slide the first duct through the duct rail.

6. The sliding console of claim 1 , further comprising a stopper disposed at the rail, wherein a position of the first hook is fixed through a spring when the inlet of the first duct is matched with the outlet of the floor duct.

7. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein a neutral state comprises a state in which the inlet of the first duct is matched with the outlet of the floor duct, a position of the first duct is fixed by the first hook, and the first duct and the second duct are fixed by the second hook.

8. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein a forward-sliding state comprises a state in which the console body is slid forward and the first duct and the second duct are fixed by the second hook.

9. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein a backward-sliding state comprises a state in which the console body is slid backward, a position of the first duct is fixed by the first hook, the second hook is released, and the first duct and the second duct are able to slide.

10. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein the first hook is configured to be released when the console body slides forward with the inlet of the first duct and the outlet of the floor duct matched.

11. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein the second hook is disposed at the console body, and when the overlap length of the first duct and the second duct is increased, the second hook is fixed and is configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct.

12. The sliding console of claim 1 , wherein the second hook is configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct by fixing the first duct and the second duct by rotating.

13. A sliding console of a vehicle, the sliding console comprising:

a rail installed on a vehicle floor;

a console body connected to the rail and configured to slide on the vehicle floor;

a first duct disposed in the console body and configured to slide with respect to the console body, the first duct having a first hook configured to selectively fix a position when an inlet of the first duct is matched with an outlet of a floor duct;

a second duct disposed in the console body such that a position thereof is fixed, coupled to an outlet of the first duct to overlap the first duct like a double pipe, and configured to slide with respect to the first duct;

a second hook configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct in accordance with an overlap length of the first duct and the second duct;

a sliding bracket disposed at the first duct and having a first protrusion and a second protrusion; and

a lower plate disposed at the console body and configured to support and fix the second hook.

14. The sliding console of claim 13 , wherein when the overlap length of the first duct and the second duct is increased, the second hook is fixed to the sliding bracket and is configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct.

15. The sliding console of claim 13 , wherein when the console body slides forward, the lower plate is configured to push the second protrusion and simultaneously the first hook is configured to be pushed and released by the first protrusion.

16. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body comprising a vehicle floor;

an air-conditioning system connected to a floor duct;

a rail installed on the vehicle floor and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle;

a console body connected to the rail and configured to slide forward and backward on the vehicle floor;

a first duct disposed in the console body and configured to slide with respect to the console body, the first duct having a first hook configured to selectively fix a position when an inlet of the first duct is matched with an outlet of the floor duct;

a second duct disposed in the console body such that a position thereof is fixed, coupled to an outlet of the first duct to overlap the first duct like a double pipe, and configured to slide with respect to the first duct; and

a second hook configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct in accordance with an overlap length of the first duct and the second duct.

17. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the first duct and the second duct extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the first duct is configured to slide forward and backward with the console body, and the second duct is configured to slide forward and backward with the first duct.

18. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the outlet of the floor duct is connected to the inlet of the first duct, the outlet of the first duct is connected to an inlet of the second duct, and a rear end of the second duct is connected to an interior of the vehicle.

19. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the console body is configured to be in one of a plurality of states, the plurality of states comprising:

a neutral state in which the inlet of the first duct is matched with the outlet of the floor duct, a position of the first duct is fixed by the first hook, and the first duct and the second duct are fixed by the second hook;

a forward-sliding state in which the console body is slid forward and the first duct and the second duct are fixed by the second hook; or

a backward-sliding state in which the console body is slid backward, a position of the first duct is fixed by the first hook, the second hook is released, and the first duct and the second duct are able to slide.

20. The vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the second hook is disposed at the console body, and when the overlap length of the first duct and the second duct is increased, the second hook is fixed and is configured to restrict relative sliding of the first duct and the second duct.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2022
From: AHN, GYE YOUNG; KIM, KYOUNG SIK
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060860/0617 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0022421 · Feb 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230264633A1 · Aug 24, 2023
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