Center armrest supporting structure

摘要

A center armrest supporting structure for supporting a swivelable center armrest in a vehicle has an arm support which can be swiveled about a swivel axis into a lower use position and into an upper rest position. Console parts of the vehicle are connected to the arm support by bearing bolts. A stop bolt limits the swivel path of the arm support at least in the use position. A latching bolt prevents unintentional backward swiveling out of the use position and/or the rest position. A latching element has a sliding guide surface along which the stop bolt or the latching bolt slides when the arm support is swiveled A spring element is disposed between the frictional latching element and the bearing bolt, wherein the spring element produces a frictional force between the sliding guide surface and the stop bolt or the latching bolt, which counteracts the swivel movement.

主权项

1. An armrest supporting structure for supporting a swivelable armrest for use in a vehicle having left and right console parts, said supporting structure comprising:
an arm support swivelable about a swivel axis along a swivel path between a lower use position and an upper rest position; a left bearing bolt and a right bearing bolt defining said swivel axis, each of said left bearing bolt and right bearing bolt extending from said arm support for connecting the arm support to the console parts; at least one of a left stop bolt and a right stop bolt, said at least one of the left stop bolt and the right stop bolt extending from said arm support and engageable with a console part for limiting the swivel path of the arm support at least in the use position; at least one of a left latching bolt, a right latching bolt, the left stop bolt, and/or the right stop bolt extending from said arm support in a latching position preventing unintentional backward swiveling of the arm support out of at least one of the use position and/or the rest position; at least one of a left frictional latching element and a right frictional latching element engageable with said at least one of the left latching bolt, the right latching bolt, the left stop bolt, and/or the right stop bolt extending from said arm support in a latching position preventing unintentional backward swiveling of the arm support, wherein the at least one of the left frictional latching element and the right frictional latching element has a sliding guide surface along which the at least one of the left latching bolt, the right latching bolt, the left top holt, and/or the right stop bolt slides when the arm support is swiveled; and an elastically deformable spring element disposed between the at least one of the left frictional latching element and the right frictional latching element and at least one of the left bearing bolt and the right bearing bolt, wherein the spring element engages the at least one of the left bearing bolt and the right bearing bolt and urges the at least one of the left frictional latching element and the right latching element against the at least one of the left latching bolt, the right latching bolt, the left stop bolt, and/or the right stop bolt producing a frictional force between the sliding guide surface and the at least one of the left latching bolt, the right latching bolt, the left stop bolt, and/or the right stop bolt which counteracts swivel movement of said arm support along said swivel path.