Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Frank Schneider

Christian Causemann

Thomas Loewe

Matthias Baumann

Tim Klausmann

Sascha Kaatz

Robert Wagschal

Christoph Fuss

Ralph Georg Gesang

Jeannette Peter

A cover panel for a storage area of a motor vehicle, and a corresponding method, is disclosed. An example motor vehicle includes, among other things, a rear loading flap providing access to a storage area, and a cover panel connected to the rear loading flap such that, when the rear loading flap is in a closed position, the cover panel provides an upper boundary of the storage area and is supported solely by the rear loading flap.

Free floating cover panel for storage area, and corresponding method

A device is provided for changing the volume of a loading space in a vehicle. The device includes a movable loading surface, a side wall and at least one pivotable support arranged on the side wall. The support has a support surface on which the loading surface is mounted in a raised position. The support is arranged on a pivot axis oriented perpendicularly to the loading surface.

Loading surface in a vehicle

A motor vehicle includes a tailgate that is upwardly pivotable in a rearward upward manner and on which a load compartment cover is pivotably held around a pivot axis by way of the rear end region of the load compartment cover that faces the tailgate. The load compartment cover, in a region that is spaced apart from the pivot axis by way of at least one force transmission element, is held on a vehicle body. The force transmission element, when the tailgate is upwardly pivoted, pivots the load compartment cover toward the tailgate so as to expose an access to the load compartment. At least one hook connection connects the tailgate to the load compartment cover and establishes the pivot axis.

Motor vehicle having a load compartment cover

An equipment box, that may be stowed in the spare-wheel well of a motor vehicle, has a main body and a cover that can be attached thereto. The main body is formed for items of equipment to be received by a housing with at least one access opening. The cover can be attached to the main body in a supporting position and in a closing position, in which the cover in each case covers different regions of the main body. The cover in these two positions lies in the same plane, turned by an angle &#x3b1;, and the cover in the closing position covers the entire main body, while in the supporting position it only covers a middle region of the main body and protrudes beyond the main body on opposite sides.

Equipment box for the spare-wheel well of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle with equipment box

A cover is provided for covering a gap between a rear seat backrest of a vehicle and a luggage space cover of the vehicle, which cover extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The cover has a surface element which can be pulled out of a housing of the luggage space cover. Arranged on the surface element is at least one support element which, when pulled out of the housing, can be moved from a first stable position into a second stable position, wherein in the housing there is arranged at least one forced guide which at least at the output side thereof has a curved configuration so that the support element is forced into the second stable position.

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Frank Schneider