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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yanfeng Us Automotive Interior Systems I Llc, Holland, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kevin Michael Pline, Plymouth, MI (US);
Derek Board, Ferndale, MI (US);
Rick Anderson, Holland, MI (US);
Ronald Anthony Bozio, Holland, MI (US);
David John McCarthy, Holland, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An armrest assembly for a vehicle includes a displaceable armrest element and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly is configured for translating the displaceable armrest element between a deployed configuration and a folded configuration. The linkage assembly includes a spring-actuated pivoting over-center link configured to disengage the linkage assembly to allow the displaceable armrest element to rotate. An actuator is provided which on sensing an impact ruptures a frangible fastener holding the over-center link in a substantially parallel orientation to at least one drive link, thereby allowing the spring-actuated over-center linkage to pivot relative to the at least one drive link.