Deployable vehicle desk

US11858399B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael John Harmon · Westland, US
• Ryan Wayne Warner · Ann Arbor, US
• Jesse Rene Diephuis · Beverly Hills, US
• Andrew Brand · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Andrew Smith · Tibberton, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K37/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes a dashboard having a lower portion that defines a recess. The lower portion has a bottom surface and a recess surface. The bottom surface is adjacent to the recess surface, and the recess surface of the lower portion defines the recess. The vehicle also includes a desk operably coupled to the dashboard and movable between an undeployed position and a deployed position. In the undeployed position, the desk is received within the recess and an underside surface of the desk is generally flush with the bottom surface of the lower portion of the dashboard. In the deployed position, the position of the desk is further vehicle-rearward than the position of the desk in the undeployed position.