Center console having lengthwise, laterally and vertically moveable armrest for an automobile

US6003927A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Korber · Sindelfingen, DE
• Bernd Schenk · Waldbronn, DE
• Thomas Schmid · Zürich, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 21, 1999
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/773
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automobile center console has an associated armrest with a lifting and transverse shifting mechanism that exerts on the armrest a combination of a lifting movement and a transverse displacement toward one of the two front seats. The lifting and transverse shifting mechanism is located on a guide carriage that is linearly movable by a linear guide device along the center console in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle.