Cargo area divider for motor vehicles

US6349986B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BOS GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Holger Seel · Aidlingen, DE
• Werner Schlecht · Aurich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2002
• Expiry date: Sep 27, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/08
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cargo area divider for a vehicle is provided which can be automatically transferred into an operative position or a non-operative position by a motor drive. Monitors for locking mechanisms of the operative position serve to dynamically block a roller blind shaft for the divider. Also, it is provided to monitor a loading level of the cargo area and to trigger an automatic transfer of a divider net or a partition wall into the operating position in response to the loading level exceeding a predetermined amount.