ARTICULATING DOOR FOR A STORAGE COMPARTMENT

• US 20060066120A1
• Filed: 09/29/2005
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grupo Antolin-Irausa, S.A.
• Original Assignee: Intier Automotive, Incorporated (Magna International Incorporated)
• Inventors: Svenson, Richard, Filipowski, Michael D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,044,529 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/37.120
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards

Abstract

An interior trim component includes at least one arcuate guide flange that rotatably mounts a door to a stowage compartment. The stowage compartment includes a pair of opposing side walls having at least one arcuate guide and at least one arcuate track member. At least one pivot stud extends from the door and passes through the at least one arcuate guide. The at least one arcuate guide flange is secured to the at least one pivot stud for rotatably mounting the door to the storage compartment. The at least one arcuate guide flange rotatably engages the at least one arcuate track member. A method for moving the door is also disclosed.

Claims

1. An interior trim component, comprising:

a storage compartment including a pair of opposing side walls, said side walls including at least one arcuate guide and at least one arcuate track member;

at least one pivot stud extending from a door, wherein the at least one pivot stud passes through said at least one arcuate guide; and

at least one arcuate guide flange secured to said at least one pivot stud for rotatably mounting the door relative the storage compartment, said at least one arcuate guide flange rotatably engaging the at least one arcuate track member.

2. The interior trim component according to claim 1, wherein the at least one arcuate guide flange includes an outer edge of teeth that correspondingly mesh with teeth formed on the at least one arcuate track member.

3. The interior trim component according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pivot stud is secured in at least one pivot flange of the at least one arcuate guide flange, wherein the at least one pivot flange slidably passes through the at least one arcuate guide.

4. The interior trim component according to claim 3, wherein a non-spatially fixed pivot axis (A-A) of the door extends through the at least one pivot stud and the at least one arcuate guide.

5. The interior trim component according to claim 1 further comprising at least one mounting stud extending from the door, wherein the at least one mounting stud is secured to at least one mounting flange of the at least one arcuate guide flange.

6. A method for moving a door rotatably-mounted to a stowage compartment by at least one arcuate guide flange, comprising the steps of:

rotating the at least one arcuate guide flange about at least one arcuate track member of the stowage compartment;

slidably passing at least one pivot flange of the of the at least one arcuate guide flange within an arcuate guide of the stowage compartment; and

moving the location of a pivot axis (A-A) extending through at least one pivot stud of the door, wherein the pivot stud is positioned in the at least one pivot flange.