Armrest

US7108328B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GRAMMAR AG · DE

Inventors

• Erwin Himmelhuber · Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE
• Alexander Albu · Neutraubling, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 19, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/757
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicular arm rest has a fixed axle carrying primary and secondary parts formed with meshing arrays of sawteeth angled to inhibit movement of the arm-rest body in a downward direction between a raised position and the lowered position but permit movement of the arm-rest body in the upward direction between the lowered position to the raised position. A spring braced between an abutment and the secondary part urging the secondary-part teeth into mesh with the primary-part teeth. Cam formations push the secondary part away from the primary part on pivoting of the primary part in the downward direction from the raised position of the arm-rest body toward the lowered position for decoupling the primary-part teeth from the secondary-part teeth and couple the primary-part teeth with the secondary-part teeth and prevent further movement in the downward direction on reaching the lowered position.