Component for vehicle interiors, in particular roof handle

a technology for roof handles and components, applied in the field of vehicle interior components, can solve the problems of metal springs that have a tendency to generate unwanted noise during operation, change the behavior of metal springs, and different characteristics of handles

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-07-06
OLHO SINSHEIM
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[0006] Proceeding from the state of the art described, the object of the present invention is to specify a component for vehicle interiors which is economic to manufacture, which avoids the disadvantages referred to in the state of the art, which ensures consistently reliable functioning and which imparts an agreeable operating sensation.

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Metal springs, however, have a tendency to generate unwanted noise during operation.
In addition, the settling behavior of the metal springs changes with age, so that over time the movement characteristics of the handle vary.
Furthermore such metal springs have a tendency to corrosion, so that solutions have had to be developed which provide metal springs with an additional coating.
This leads, however, to increased manufacturing costs, which make their use uneconomic.
This again means an increased manufacturing cost.

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[0038]FIGS. 1a and b shows a component 10, which takes the form of a roof handle 10 for vehicle interiors, the roof handle 10 being configured as a so-called “pull handle”, which can be brought manually from a rest position (FIG. 1a) into a position of use (FIG. 1b).

[0039] The roof handle 10 has a first fixed assembly 12, which takes the form of a bearing unit 12 and which in the assembled state is fixed to the wall 18 of a vehicle interior. Attached to the bearing unit 12 is a second assembly 14, which is displaceable in a translational movement basically perpendicular to the wall 18 and which takes the form of a stirrup handle 14. The two end areas of the U-shaped stirrup handle 14 are attached to corresponding bearing units 12 at both sides. Elastic elements, which will be further described below, act on the stirrup handle 14 in the area of the bearing unit 12. In using the roof handle 10, the stirrup handle 14 is first gripped in the resting position according to FIG. 1a and is...

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A component (10) for vehicle interiors comprising a first fixed assembly (12) that can be mounted on the wall (18) of the vehicle interior and a second assembly (14) that is displaceably attached to the first assembly (12), the second assembly (14) being displaceable in opposition to the action of elastic elements (20) from a resting position into a position of use and vice versa and the second assembly (14) being displaced from the position of use into the resting position, or being maintained in the resting position by the sole action of the elastic elements (20), has the distinguishing feature that the elastic elements (20) take the form of at least one elastically extensible strap or cable or an elastically extensible cord.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a component for vehicle interiors comprising a first fixed assembly that can be mounted on the wall of the vehicle interior and a second assembly that is displaceably attached to the first assembly, the second assembly being displaceable in opposition to the action of elastic elements from a resting position into a position of use and vice versa and the second assembly being displaced from the position of use into the resting position, or being maintained in the resting position by the sole action of the elastic elements. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART [0002] For roof handles in the interior of vehicles use is made of so-called pull handles, which on the one hand allow the roof handle, when not required, to rest closely against the internal wall of the vehicle and which, when in use, afford more manual freedom to grip the handle securely, owing to the relative displacement between the fixed first assembly and the displacea...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A45C13/22B60N3/02
CPCY10T16/50B60N3/023
Inventor BAUER, THOMAS
Owner OLHO SINSHEIM
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