Reconfigurable vehicle interior assembly

US9669774B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Susan M. Smyth · Rochester Hills, US
• Mark A. Smith · Huntington Woods, US
• Robert Bruce Tilove · Rochester Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2013/0293
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a reconfigurable vehicle interior assembly is provided. The assembly includes a trim member including a plurality of first elastically deformable mating members and a vehicle interior carrier component including a plurality of second elastically deformable mating members. Each of the first elastically deformable mating members matingly engages with at least one of the second elastically deformable mating members in order to couple the trim member to the vehicle interior carrier component. The first and second elastically deformable mating members collectively form a plurality of elastic averaging couplings.