Tray device for vehicle

• US 10,407,949 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2016
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ecoplastic Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Korea Hitek Co., Ltd., LS Automotive Technologies., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Hye Kyung, Ahn, Gye Young, Lee, Sang Min, Lee, Young Ju, Jung, Dae Ig, Jin, Keon Soo, Jeon, Hyo Kyoung, Chun, Chul Ho, Lee, Won, Kim, Moon Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Gutman, Hilary L
• Application Number:
  US15/355,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20180016823A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/002 of trays
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/043 mounted on or under a seat
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/226 Displays on locks, e.g. LED or LCD screens on handles E05B1/0084; on keys E05B19/0088
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0084 Key or electric means; Emergency release
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/08 using electromagnets or solenoids
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/16 operating on locking elements for locking or unlocking action
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/90 Manual override in case of power failure
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/28 Locks for glove compartments, console boxes, fuel inlet covers or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 7/04 for wings which abut when closed pillarless vehicle doors E05B83/38
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 9/041 with rack and pinion mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks

Abstract

A tray device for a vehicle may include a tray provided in the vehicle and having a cover configured for being opened, a locking module provided in the cover to lock or unlock the cover, and a touch pad provided on an outer side of the cover and interworking with the locking module to unlock the cover through a touch operation.

Claims

1. A tray device for a vehicle, the tray device comprising:

a tray provided in the vehicle and having a cover configured for being opened;

a locking module provided in the cover to lock or unlock the cover;

a touch pad provided on an outer side of the cover and interworking with the locking module to unlock the cover through a touch operation;

an unlocking module provided on an outer side of the tray and interworking with the locking module to forcibly open the cover through an operation of a key,

wherein the cover includes an upper cover and a lower cover, and the touch pad is provided in either the upper cover or the lower cover,

wherein the locking module is provided in each of the upper cover and the lower cover to simultaneously open the upper cover and the lower cover when unlocking the touch pad, and

wherein the locking module includes;

rods movably disposed in a horizontal direction and having first ends inserted into an inner side of the tray;

gears rotatablv disposed at second ends of the rods;

a connection, rod positioned in at least one of the rods to move one of the rods; and

an actuator connected to the connection rod and interworking with the touch pad to move the connection rod during an unlocking operation.

2. The tray device according to claim 1, wherein the key interworks with a smart key or a card key for the vehicle.

3. The tray device according to claim 1, wherein the touch operation of the touch pad includes touching at least one of a card and a password.

4. The tray device according to claim 3, wherein the card interworks with a smart key or a card key for the vehicle.

5. The tray device according to claim 1, wherein the touch pad is provided in either the upper cover or the lower cover.

6. The tray device according to claim 3, wherein a radio frequency (RF) receiver interworking with the card is provided in the touch pad, and has an infrared sensor.

7. The tray device according to claim 6, wherein a password registration button interworking with the touch pad is provided in the locking module.

8. The tray device according to claim 5, wherein the locking module is provided in each of the upper cover and the lower cover to simultaneously open the upper cover and the lower cover when unlocking the touch pad.

9. The tray device according to claim 8,

wherein the rods include:

a first rod having the first end inserted into a first end of the inner side of the tray; and

a second rod having the first end inserted into a second end of the inner side of the tray;

wherein gears includes;

a first gear rotatably disposed at the second end of the first rod; and

a second gear rotatably disposed at the second end of the second rod, and

wherein the locking module further includes a coupling bar having gear teeth provided on both ends thereof and respectively coupled to the first gear and the second gear, and moved in a vertical direction according to rotations of the first gear and the second gear to move the first rod and the second rod.

10. The tray device according to claim 9, wherein the touch pad and the actuator are configured to interwork with a power source of the vehicle to be operated.

11. The tray device according to claim 9, wherein the unlocking module includes:

a rotor configured for a key to be inserted thereinto, being rotatable, and having an arrest protrusion protruding from an end thereof; and

a locking rod having a first end positioned to be adjacent to the arrest protrusion of the rotor and a second end positioned at at least one of ends of the first rod and the second rod of the locking module, and moving at least one of the first rod and the second rod toward the inner side of the tray when the rotor rotates.