Center console for a motor vehicle
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1. Center console assembly for a passenger motor vehicle having a pair of spaced apart front seats which each have seat backs with seat back side walls facing respective opposite lateral sides of a center console, comprising:
- a plurality of vertically spaced hollow beam cross braces extending between opposite lateral sides of the center console and serving to transfer lateral impact forces on the vehicle between the respective seat backs.
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Abstract
A center console is raised to form a built-in box-shaped part between the backs of passenger vehicle front seats, this box shaped part serving to receive built-in devices that can be operated from the rear seats. This raised area is configured as a supporting element between backs of the front seats in such fashion that the side walls are reinforced with lightweight metal shells connected with one another by cross braces.
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21 Claims
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1. Center console assembly for a passenger motor vehicle having a pair of spaced apart front seats which each have seat backs with seat back side walls facing respective opposite lateral sides of a center console, comprising:
a plurality of vertically spaced hollow beam cross braces extending between opposite lateral sides of the center console and serving to transfer lateral impact forces on the vehicle between the respective seat backs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Center console assembly for a passenger motor vehicle having a pair of spaced apart front seats which each have seat backs with seat back side walls facing respective opposite lateral sides of a center console, comprising:
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at least one hollow beam cross brace extending between opposite lateral sides of the center console and serving to transfer lateral impact forces on the vehicle between the respective seat backs, wherein the lateral sides of the center console are formed with console side walls, wherein the side walls are reinforced by lightweight metal shells, and wherein the lightweight metal shells are made slightly convex and are provided with reinforcing ribs on their inwardly directed areas.
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17. Center console assembly for a passenger motor vehicle having a pair of spaced apart front seats which each have seat backs with seat back side walls facing respective opposite lateral sides of a center console, comprising:
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at least one hollow beam cross brace extending between opposite lateral sides of the center console and serving to transfer impact forces on the vehicle between the respective seat backs, wherein the center console includes a central storage compartment surrounded laterally by hollow spaces, wherein the hollow spaces are designed as air ducts to supply an outlet nozzle located at the center console, wherein the hollow spaces are downwardly open, and wherein the air ducts are closed off by foam bodies inserted under the hollow spaces at the bottom. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. Center console assembly for a passenger motor vehicle having a pair of spaced apart front seats which each have seat backs with seat back side walls facing respective opposite lateral sides of a center console, comprising:
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at least one hollow beam cross brace extending between opposite lateral sides of the center console and serving to transfer lateral impact forces on the vehicle between the respective seat backs, wherein the center console includes a central storage compartment surrounded laterally by hollow spaces, and wherein walls of the hollow spaces facing the central storage compartment are provided with windows.
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20. Center console assembly for a passenger motor vehicle having a pair of spaced apart front seats which each have seat backs with seat back side walls facing respective opposite lateral sides of a center console, comprising:
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at least one hollow beam cross brace extending between opposite lateral sides of the center console and serving to transfer lateral impact forces on the vehicle between the respective seat backs, wherein a central tunnel with tunnel side walls is provided, and wherein the lateral sides of the center console extend downward adjacent the tunnel side walls and are fixed securely thereto. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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