LOCKING AND UNLOCKING MECHANISM FOR THE COVER OF A GLOVE COMPARTMENT

• US 20090224558A1
• Filed: 01/08/2009
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Ickenroth, Ton
• Application Number:
  US12/350,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20090224558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 292/28
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 63/0052 Locks mounted on the "frame" cooperating with means on the "wing" E05B47/0046, E05B65/0829, E05B65/0847, E05B65/0882 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 63/143 Arrangement of several locks, e.g. in parallel or series, on one or more wings
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 79/20 using flexible connections, e.g. Bowden cables
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/08 using electromagnets or solenoids
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/30 for glove compartments
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 9/00 Arrangements of simultaneously actuated bolts or other securing devices at well-separated positions on the same wing Locking, cross or security bars E05C19/003; locks for safes or the like E05B65/0075; of the vertical-rod type for panic or emergency doors E05B65/1006; similar constructions for engineering closures F16J13/08
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/083 Flexible

Abstract

A vehicle interior compartment, such as a glove compartment, has a cover and closure mechanism for the cover. The compartment is located in the vehicle interior paneling. Movable closing means can be actuated via actuating means to lock the cover. The movable closing means and the actuating means are arranged on the paneling.

Claims

1. A closure mechanism for the cover of a compartment which is located in the paneling of the vehicle interior, comprising movable closing means which can be actuated via an actuating means to lock the cover to the paneling at two sides, wherein the movable closing means and the actuating means are arranged on the paneling.

2. The closure mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the closing means have levers which rotate in opposite directions and are joined together via a linkage.

3. The closure mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the levers have closing pieces which interact in a locking manner with indentations which are arranged on the cover.

4. The closure mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein an actuating means is arranged on a closing means.

5. The closure mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein a respective actuating means is arranged on the closing means.

6. The closure mechanism as recited in claim 5, wherein the actuating means is/are arranged on the paneling.

7. The closure mechanism as recited in claim 6, wherein the closing means can be actuated by a triggering device which is arranged on the paneling.

8. The closure mechanism as recited in claim 7, wherein the actuating means is an electrical and/or mechanical means.

9. The closure mechanism as recited in claim 8, wherein the actuating means is an electromagnet, a motor, a Bowden cable and/or a spring-loaded element.