Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle interior component
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Application No.: US16800274Application Date: 2020-02-25
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Publication No.: US11572723B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Thomas Scott Hodgson , Rick Alan Anderson , Dennis Jack VanHouten , Jason Rutkowski, Jr.
- Applicant: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
- Applicant Address: US MI Novi
- Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Novi
- Main IPC: E05C19/16
- IPC: E05C19/16 ; E05C1/02 ; E05C1/00 ; B60R7/06

Abstract:
A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a cover movable relative to a base between closed and open positions and a latch mechanism comprising a magnet arrangement for movement within the cover for engaged and disengaged states. The magnet arrangement may maintain the disengaged state after the cover is released from the base. A magnet of the base may retain the engaged state, a magnet may retain the disengaged state. The magnet arrangement may be concealed within the cover; a magnet arrangement may be concealed within the base. The base may comprise a first magnet on a sidewall and a second magnet on another sidewall; the cover may comprise a first magnet to engage the first magnet of the base and a second magnet to engage the second magnet of the base. The component may comprise a trim component, console, floor console, center console, or compartment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200270920A1 VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT Public/Granted day:2020-08-27
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