Hinge arrangement for a cover element

• US 7,669,288 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2007
• Issued: 03/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LISA Drã¤Xlmaier GmbH (Fritz Dräxlmaier Holding GmbH)
• Original Assignee: LISA Draxlmaier GmbH
• Inventors: Zeilbeck, Franz, Stöckl, Josef, Sigl, Georg
• Primary Examiner(s): Batson; Victor
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, MICHAEL S
• Application Number:
  US11/656,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20070180657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,134 Days
• Field of Search: 16/35.R, 161/131, 163/54, 162/31, 162/81, 296/37.8, 296/37.12, 296/37.9, 296/37.13, 296/146.11, 296/24.43, 49/32
• US Class Current: 16/354
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/581 the swinging axis laying in the sliding direction E05D15/1015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/582 with horizontal swinging axis E05D15/581 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/022 allowing an additional lateral movement, e.g. for sealing
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 1/1215 with a canted-coil torsion spring
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/00 Braking devices, e.g. checks; Stops; Buffers construction of pneumatic or liquid braking devices E05F3/00; braking devices, buffers or end stops on drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture A47B88/473; combined with devices for holding wings open E05C17/00; devices for limiting opening of wings or for holding wings open by a movable member extending between frame and wing E05C17/04
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/21 Brakes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/254 Fluid or viscous friction
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/266 rotary
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/538 Interior lids

Abstract

A hinge arrangement for a cover element in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, for example a hinged cover for a glove compartment or a CD player compartment is disclosed. The cover can be pivoted from a closed position into an open position about a pivot axis. The hinge arrangement includes an arrangement whereby the cover may be displaced (for example, substantially transversely to the pivot path) during the pivoting movement.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle interior storage compartment for a vehicle, the compartment comprising:

a storage container having an access opening;

a cover operably associated with the storage container and arranged to cover the opening, the cover being pivotable about a horizontal axis (S) having an open position whereby the access opening is exposed and a closed position wherein the access opening is covered; and

a hinge arrangement pivotally connecting said cover to said storage container and comprising;

a displacement mechanism whereby the cover undergoes translation along the pivot axis during the pivoting movement, the displacement mechanism comprising a cam element provide on the cover and cooperating with a stationary cam follower element, the cam element having a cam track, said cam track having a guide height (h) inclination equal to the axial translation of the cover in the axial direction, the storage container having a guide element with one end fixed at a constant distance from the cam follower element and the opposite on the cam element, configured such that the cam element maintains contact with the cam follower element, the guide element only permitting an axial displacement of the cover corresponding to control by the cam element and the cam follower element.

2. The compartment according to claim 1, wherein the pivotable movement of the cover automatically causes the axially displaceable movement of the caver on the pivot axis.

3. The compartment according to claim 1, wherein the cam element has a toothed track as the cam track with which is engaged a gear as the cam follower element.

4. The compartment according to claim 1, wherein the cover has a guide strip cooperating with the guide element of the storage container and running parallel to the cam track.

5. The compartment according to claim 1, wherein the cover is latchable and unlatchable by a manipulating member attached to the container, an opening movement of the cover being caused by a spring after unlatching.

6. The compartment according to claim 5, wherein a latching lever is rigidly connected to the cover, wherein, in the closed state of the cover, the lever is latched into a counter latching lever attached to the container.

7. The compartment according to claim 3, wherein the gear is supported by silicone so that an opening movement of the cover is damped.