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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Andrew J. Hanzel, Washington, MI (US);
Joseph W. Cobble, Iii, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Steven E. Morris, Fair Haven, MI (US);
Adrian B. Chernoff, Boulder, CO (US);
James T. Embach, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Adrian Oana, Windsor, CA;
Frederick I. Johnson, Birmingham, MI (US);
Lawrence E. Sully, Troy, MI (US);
Andrew J. Hanzel, Washington, MI (US);
Joseph W. Cobble, III, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Steven E. Morris, Fair Haven, MI (US);
Adrian B. Chernoff, Boulder, CO (US);
James T. Embach, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Adrian Oana, Windsor, CA;
Frederick I. Johnson, Birmingham, MI (US);
Lawrence E. Sully, Troy, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An instrument panel for a vehicle defines a cavity. A storage console is selectively movable within the cavity to provide enhanced accessibility of stored items within the storage console. In an exemplary embodiment, the storage console is a drawer that is selectively movable from a stowed position inside the cavity to an extended position outside the cavity for access by a vehicle user in a passenger compartment. In another exemplary embodiment, the console is movable between an elevated position in which the console occupies space inaccessible to a vehicle user, and a lowered position in which the console is accessible through an opening in the instrument panel.