IP Library Granted Patent US 12,606,068
Granted Patent B2
US 12,606,068 · App. 18/678,163 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Bearing device, guide arrangement and equipment part of a vehicle interior

Inventor: Ralph Nuss (Poppenricht, DE)
Assignee: GRAMMER AG
B60N2/815F16C2326/01
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Patent No.
US 12,606,068
App. No.
18/678,163
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bearing unit having a receiving region with an opening in which a rod can be arranged so as to be relatively movable, including at least one first bearing structure and a second bearing structure, which are configured to be in contact with the rod when the rod is located in the receiving region.

Claims (14)

1 . A bearing unit, comprising: a receiving region with an opening; a rod arrangeable in the opening so as to be relatively movable; at least one first bearing structure and a second bearing structure that are configured to be in contact with the rod when the rod is located in the receiving region; at least one first bearing part having the first bearing structure and a primary contact surface for cooperating with a first mating surface of a bearing seat; a second bearing part having the second bearing structure, wherein at least one region of the first bearing part or of the second bearing part is loaded by a loading device in a first direction so that the rod is loaded by the second bearing structure against the first bearing structure; and a third bearing part having a secondary contact surface that cooperates with a second mating surface of the bearing seat, the third bearing part being arranged so as to be movable relative to the first bearing part, wherein the loading device or a dedicated loading device loads the third bearing part in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.

2 . The bearing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing unit forms a frame that has bearing means for receiving the bearing unit in a bearing seat.

3 . The bearing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the third bearing part and the first bearing part are movably guided on one another.

4 . The bearing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second bearing part is movably guided in a guide of the first bearing part.

5 . The bearing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the third bearing part has an abutment surface that cooperates with a stopper surface of the first bearing part to limit the relative movement.

6 . The bearing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second bearing part has a stop surface that is loaded by the loading device against a stop edge of the first bearing part.

7 . The bearing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the loading device comprises at least one spring.

8 . The bearing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing unit extends substantially in a first spatial direction and a second spatial direction and has a limited extent in respect of a third spatial direction.

9 . A guiding arrangement, comprising at least one bearing unit according to claim 8 ; and at least one rod.

10 . The guiding arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein a central rod axis extends in a region of a support in the third spatial direction.

11 . The guiding arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the second bearing part is configured to be located in a movement path of the third bearing part when the rod is in the receiving region so that the bearing unit cannot be removed from the bearing seat.

12 . An equipment part of the vehicle interior, comprising: a base part that is movably or immovably mounted on at least one rod portion, wherein the base part comprises at least one guide having at least one bearing seat; and a bearing unit received in each bearing seat; and a rod passes through an opening in the bearing unit so that a guiding arrangement according to claim 9 is formed.

13 . The equipment part according to according to claim 12 , wherein the base part has at least one bearing seat and the bearing seat has an undercut so that the bearing unit is only mountable in or removable from the bearing seat by changing the length against a force of the loading device.

14 . The equipment part according to according to claim 12 , wherein the guide comprises at least two bearing seats and a first bearing unit in a first bearing seat is arranged rotated through 180° with respect to a central axis in relation to a second bearing unit in a second bearing seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2024
From: NUSS, RALPH
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 067770/0437 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2023 115 519.9 · Jun 14, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250067305A1 · Feb 27, 2025
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