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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Nifco Korea Inc., Asan-si, KR;
Min Woo Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Jung Hoon Woo, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwan Woo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang Ku Hur, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Byung Gi Cho, Asan-si, KR;
Yang Mook Lim, Asan-si, KR;
Abstract
A console apparatus for vehicles, includes a locking unit is additionally provided on a console box in a structure in which a console armrest is open and closed by the frictional force of a frictional hinge unit, wherein the locking unit is not operated in a normal state in which no traffic collision occurs, and thus the console armrest is smoothly open due to the frictional force of the frictional hinge unit, and the locking unit is operated to lock the console armrest at the time of a traffic collision, and thus the console armrest remains closed even at the time of the traffic collision.