Sliding door for a storage bin in a vehicle center floor console

US9199579B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Francis Raymond Gillis · Farmington Hills, US
• Steven Mousigian · Lake Forest, US
• Martin J. Drumb · St. Clair Shores, US
• Stephen Neal Jacobsen · Plymouth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 1, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R7/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle console includes a housing having a pair of side panels that define a storage bin having an opening and an upper panel that extends between the pair of side panels adjacent to the storage bin opening. A rigid door is supported on the housing for movement between a closed position that prevents access to the bin and an opened position that permits access to the bin. The rigid door is flush with the panel when in the closed position.