Height adjusting device for the cargo floor of a motor vehicle

US8172295B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Wolfgang Fischer · Eppelheim, DE
• Joerg Karger · Hanau, DE
• Michael Renkel · Nierstein, DE
• Karsten Mau · Groß-Gerau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2008
• Grant date: May 8, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R5/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A height adjusting device is provided for the cargo floor of a motor vehicle with at least one guide, on which the cargo floor is pivotably guided about a first pivoting axis. The cargo floor can be guided from a lower cargo floor position into an upper cargo floor position. The cargo floor features a rear cargo floor section and a front cargo floor section that are pivotably connected to one another about a second pivoting axis. The cargo floor can be lifted in the region of the second pivoting axis such that the rear and the front cargo floor sections are pivoted relative to one another, and the guide is realized in such a way that the cargo floor is displaced from the lower into the upper cargo floor position along the guide by lifting the cargo floor in the region of the second pivoting axis.