Adjusting apparatus for a pivotable comfort element, in particular for an armrest of a vehicle

US9272645B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Jan Böhner · Ingolstadt, DE
• Heinz Lang · Schernfeld, DE
• Markus Schulze · Abensberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/767
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An adjusting apparatus for a comfort element swingable in relation to a support structure, in particular for an armrest of a vehicle, includes a latching device actuatable by adjusting the comfort element and having a latching arm connected to the comfort element and a latching lever interacting with the latching arm. A swing position of the comfort element is locked by providing a locking lever which is swingably articulated to the latching arm and has an engagement portion which locks the swing position by a spring force, when the engagement portion assumes an engagement position with a locking portion of a locking element that is fixed to the support structure, and the swing position of the comfort element is unlocked by an actuator by which the locking lever is disengageable from the engagement position with the locking element.