Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ralf Nothroff

Tim Klausmann

Simon Higgins

Franz W Rosnick

An armrest for a motor vehicle has a housing body and an arm support fitted pivotably on the housing body. A rotatably mounted bolt is provided on the arm support with a bolt tongue which, in a locking position, interacts with a striker plate on the housing body, as a result of which a pivoting of the arm support away from the housing body is blocked. A U-shaped support bracket is fitted on the arm support and has, upon application of a force for pivoting of the arm support away from the housing body in the locking position of the bolt, contact with the bolt tongue on the side which faces away from the arm support. A support force is thus exerted in the direction of the arm support on the bolt. The support bracket in the locking position of the bolt, engages around at least the bolt tongue.

Pivotable armrest with bolt mechanism

A mounting bracket to hold a console frame member includes a base support component, a first side component plate, and a second side component plate. The base support component includes a base portion and a back support portion having a first end and a second end. The base portion is fixed to a floor of a vehicle and the back support portion vertically extends from the base portion. The first side component plate and second side component plates extend toward a front side of the mounting bracket from the first end and the second end. The base support component, the first side component plate, and the second side component plate collectively form an impact absorbing section.

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Cologne, Germany

Ralf Nothroff