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Closure device for a compartment

US9169675B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Torsten Voigt · Hapelrath, DE
Simon Higgins · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 2013
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/1083
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A closure device for a compartment, in particular a glove compartment, which is able to be closed by a flap, in motor vehicles, wherein the flap is designed to be displaceable by a force in a reversible manner between a released position and a blocked position in the direction of the action of a force, wherein the flap has a pivoting mechanism with a lock, wherein the lock is designed to be movable into the blocked position due to the action of a force and then comes into engagement with the locking element.

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