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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Faurecia Interieur Industrie, Nanterre, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE, Nanterre, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/02 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60K 37/04 (2006.01); B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60K 37/04 (2013.01); B60N 3/00 (2013.01); B60R 13/0256 (2013.01); B60R 13/0275 (2013.01); B60K 2370/654 (2019.05); B60K 2370/67 (2019.05); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01); B62D 1/183 (2013.01);
Abstract
The vehicle trim element includes a body defining the outer surface of the trim element, said outer surface including at least one main area and at least one secondary area, the body including at least one deformable part forming a flap movable in the secondary area between a first stable position, in which said flap extends substantially in the continuation of the main area, and at least one second stable position, in which the flap forms a non-zero angle with the main area so as to extend protruding from said main area. In the second position, the flap forms a wall on one side of which a functional space extends opposite the secondary area.