Interior assembly with adapter base and detachably locked interior module
The adapter base system addresses the inflexibility of vehicle interiors by enabling easy replacement and customization of interior objects, ensuring secure attachment and maintaining electrical connectivity, thus enhancing user adaptability and functionality.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE102023118969
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-07-18
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-23
AI Technical Summary
Existing interior assemblies in vehicles lack flexibility in design and functionality, limiting the ability to adapt to individual user preferences and requirements.
An adapter base is fixed to the vehicle floor, allowing interchangeable interior objects such as vehicle seats, center consoles, and storage compartments, which can be easily connected to vehicle electronics and power supplies, and equipped with locking mechanisms for secure attachment and motor-driven adjustment for enhanced stability and convenience.
Enables flexible and customizable vehicle interiors by allowing easy replacement of interior objects, providing additional storage, and maintaining electrical connectivity, while ensuring secure and crash-proof attachment.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] The proposed solution relates to an interior assembly for a vehicle interior. Such an interior assembly comprises at least one interior object intended for a vehicle occupant and to be secured to a vehicle floor of the vehicle interior, such as a vehicle seat or a center console.
[0002] Conventional interior objects are usually permanently installed on the vehicle floor, but their position can be adjusted, for example, via guide rails provided in the vehicle floor. In particular, WO 2021 / 013732 A1 discloses a concept in which interior objects can be freely or at least very variably fixed to different positions on a vehicle floor, allowing for different configurations and thus designs of the vehicle interior tailored to the individual needs of a vehicle user.
[0003] Based on this, the proposed solution is based on the task of proposing further possibilities for flexible interior design.
[0004] A proposed interior assembly includes an adapter base that is to be fixed to the vehicle floor. At least one interchangeable interior object is locked to this adapter base, so that the interior object can be secured to the vehicle floor via the adapter base.
[0005] The proposed solution is therefore based on the basic idea of being able to interchangeably attach different interior objects to a vehicle floor via a common adapter base. This makes it possible, for example, to leave the adapter base on the vehicle floor and simply exchange one interior object for another via a lock on the adapter base if a vehicle user wishes to configure the vehicle interior differently. By implementing the attachment to the vehicle floor and, if necessary, also the adjustability along the vehicle floor via the adapter base, an interior object designed as a module can be made lighter in terms of weight and easier to replace with regard to its assembly. The interior object therefore only needs to be attached to the adapter base and does not need to have a separate fastening for the vehicle floor.The adapter base can also be used to connect to the vehicle's on-board electronics and thus to the vehicle's power supply. In this way, an interior object only needs to be connected to the adapter base to be connected to the vehicle's on-board electronics.
[0006] In one embodiment, the adapter base defines a cavity into which at least a part of the at least one interior object and / or an additional insert positionable beneath the at least one interior object can be inserted. The adapter base thus provides the possibility of inserting parts of the interior object therein and / or, if necessary, additionally accommodating an insert, which, for example, provides additional storage space in the vehicle.
[0007] In one embodiment, the adapter base has, for example, a cuboid-shaped outer contour. This includes, for example, the adapter base being designed like a box open at one top side. A part of the interior object to be locked to the adapter base or the insert mentioned above can then be inserted via the top side. If necessary, the adapter base can also be designed as a box open on at least one or exactly two additional sides, which is to be fixed to the vehicle floor with its underside and, when installed in a vehicle as intended, faces the vehicle floor with this underside. Parts of the interior component and / or an insert locked to the adapter base can then remain accessible via side or front and rear openings in the adapter base. For example, the adapter base can have a U-shaped cross-section in this context.
[0008] In principle, the adapter base can have a plurality of locking openings on its upper side, to each of which a locking element of the interior object can be locked. Accordingly, it can be provided that an interior object to be connected to the adapter base has a plurality of (at least two) locking elements that can be inserted into locking openings provided for this purpose on the upper side of the adapter base in order to releasably lock the interior object to the adapter base. Corresponding locking elements can be designed, for example, as locking pins or locking tongues, in particular T-shaped locking tongues.
[0009] The adapter base can comprise at least one locking device, by means of which a locking element inserted into a locking opening can be mechanically locked. For example, the locking device secures the locking element inserted into the locking opening via a positive fit and prevents it from being accidentally pulled out of the locking opening.
[0010] The at least one locking device can comprise at least one locking part that is adjustably mounted on the adapter base between a release position and a locking position. In the release position, the at least one locking part allows the interior object-side locking element to be inserted into and withdrawn from the locking opening. In the locking position, the at least one locking part, in turn, blocks a locking element inserted into a locking opening against being withdrawn from this locking opening. In particular, it can be provided in this context that the at least one locking part, in its locking position, fixes the locking element inserted into the locking opening to the adapter base in a crash-safe manner.
[0011] To improve comfort, it can be provided that the at least one locking part is adjustable between the release position and the locking position by external power. Thus, at least one motor drive unit can be part of the locking device to adjust the locking part. This includes, for example, a variant in which the locking device comprises at least one motor drive unit for the externally operated adjustment of the at least one locking part, and the motor drive unit automatically triggers an adjustment of the at least one locking part from the release position to the locking position as soon as one or more locking elements of the at least one interior object have been inserted into a respective associated locking opening.Accordingly, it is provided that an adjustment of the at least one locking part into the locking position is triggered electronically when one or more locking elements have been inserted into the corresponding locking openings as intended, i.e., for example, up to a predetermined end position. The assumption of a specific end position by a locking element can be detected, for example, by sensors, in particular magnetically, capacitively, inductively, via a switch, or via a button.
[0012] In one embodiment, the at least one locking part is at least partially pivotable and / or displaceable between the release position and the locking position. With a displaceable locking part, a purely translational adjustment between the release position and the locking position can also be provided. For example, the locking part is then designed with a locking slide that is displaceably mounted along a guide part of the locking device and, in the locking position, is in positive locking engagement with the locking element inserted into a locking opening.
[0013] Alternatively or additionally, the locking device can comprise a spindle drive for locking a locking element inserted into a locking opening. The spindle drive can, for example, allow the at least one locking part to be adjusted between its release position and its locking position.
[0014] In one embodiment, the locking device comprises two locking parts, each assigned to a locking opening, which are adjustable via a common motor drive unit of the locking device. Thus, separate locking parts are provided for each locking device for interaction with a locking element inserted into a locking opening. However, both locking parts are adjustable via a common motor drive unit. This includes, for example, a joint, synchronous adjustment of the locking parts from their respective release position to a respective locking position. This is achieved, for example, via a spindle drive in which the locking parts can be adjusted in opposite directions to one another.
[0015] In one embodiment, the locking device is accommodated in a side wall of the adapter part, on the upper side of which one or more locking openings are provided. Thus, the locking device, in particular with one or more locking parts, can be accommodated comparatively compactly in a side wall of an adapter base. This also includes a variant in which the adapter base comprises two opposing side walls bordering a cavity in the adapter base, each of which has at least one locking device. In such an embodiment, an adapter base with a U-shaped cross section can be realized, the opposing side walls of which each comprise a locking device for locking to an interior object.The two opposing side walls are connected to each other via a bottom part of the adapter base and have at least one or two locking openings for locking elements of an interior object on their respective upper sides. For example, a locking device can be housed in a side wall, for example, within a hollow compartment accessible via a service hatch.
[0016] To connect the interior assembly to the vehicle, the adapter base can have at least one connecting element, via which the adapter base can be connected to an assembly of the vehicle floor. The connecting element can also be designed and provided for movable mounting on a guide rail of the vehicle floor. A corresponding connecting element can then be inserted, for example, into a vehicle-side guide rail. If necessary, two or more connecting elements for two guide rails arranged parallel to each other on the vehicle floor can also be part of the adapter base.
[0017] Alternatively or additionally, at least one adjustably mounted fixing part is provided on the at least one connecting element of the adapter base for securing the at least one connecting element to the vehicle floor. A corresponding fixing part can thus be used, for example, to create a positive connection to a guide rail of the vehicle floor, which cannot be released without adjusting the fixing part and thus securely holds the adapter base to the guide rail in the event of a crash. Therefore, the adapter base cannot be released from the vehicle floor without actuating the fixing part and the associated adjustment.
[0018] Alternatively or additionally, an electrical contact can also be provided via the connecting element in order to transmit signals (in particular for data transmission) and / or electrical energy from the vehicle to the adapter base and thus, if applicable, also an interior object connected to the adapter base.
[0019] A locking mechanism on the adapter base can be adjusted by external power between a release position and a locking position by a locking drive on the adapter base. This allows the locking drive to adjust the locking mechanism to a locking position by external power once the adapter base has been properly inserted into a guide rail on the vehicle floor via the connecting element. The adapter base can only be removed from the vehicle floor once the locking mechanism (or several locking mechanisms) have been returned to a release position.
[0020] Alternatively or additionally, at least one motorized adjustment drive can be integrated into the adapter base in order to adjust the adapter base (with or without an interior object locked to it) along one or more guide rails of the vehicle floor.
[0021] In one embodiment, the adapter base comprises an energy storage device and / or at least one interface for transmitting signals and / or energy. Via the at least one – optionally rechargeable – energy storage device, an interior object locked to the adapter base can be configured and / or tested for proper function even before being attached to a vehicle and / or after being removed from the vehicle. Thus, even when separated from the vehicle, a function of the interior object can be electronically controlled, such as, for example, the activation of a lighting element on the interior object and / or the control of an adjustment drive on the interior object.
[0022] Furthermore, signals can be sent and / or received via an interface provided at least on the adapter base in order to configure an electronic control unit of the adapter base and / or to read data from a memory of the adapter base or to store it therein.
[0023] For example, an interface for transferring energy on the adapter base can be used to charge the energy storage device. An interface for transferring data and / or energy can be designed as a USB interface, for example.
[0024] In one embodiment, at least one interior object - as a vehicle seat module with seat part and backrest or - as a leg support module to provide a support surface for the legs of a seat occupant in the vehicle interior or - as a center console module to provide a center console in the vehicle interior or - as a storage compartment module to provide a storage compartment in the vehicle interior (if necessary combined with a foot or leg rest) or - as a child seat module to provide a mounting option for a vehicle child seat or - designed as a subwoofer module with a housing that houses a subwoofer.
[0025] A corresponding design variant includes, in particular, that the interior assembly comprises at least two different interior objects, each designed as a module, which can be optionally locked to one and the same adapter base. For example, the adapter base can be optionally equipped with a vehicle seat module, a leg rest module, a center console module, a storage compartment module, a child seat module, or a subwoofer module (or another module provided).
[0026] The proposed solution further relates to a vehicle having at least one embodiment of a proposed interior assembly provided on a vehicle floor of the vehicle.
[0027] The adapter base can be mounted on a guide mechanism of the vehicle for longitudinal movement. The interior object locked to the adapter base can then be exchanged for another interior object within the vehicle. This allows the vehicle user to equip the adapter base with various interior objects to flexibly design the interior, if necessary without having to remove the adapter base from the vehicle floor.
[0028] The attached figures illustrate possible embodiments of the proposed solution.
[0029] Here we show: Fig. 1A shows a vehicle interior with several embodiments of a proposed interior assembly in a first interior configuration; Fig. 1B shows the vehicle interior with a different interior configuration in which two interior objects designed as modules are replaced by other interior objects; Fig. 2 in exploded view one of the interior modules of the Fig. 1A and Fig. 1B with a vehicle seat module arranged on an adapter base in addition to a storage compartment insert; Fig. 3A-3C the adapter base in individual representation and different views; Fig. 4 shows, on an enlarged scale, a side wall of the adapter base with an open service flap so that a storage space in the side wall with a locking device is visible; Fig. 5A the side wall with the locking device before insertion of a locking element of a vehicle seat module; Fig. 5B in with the Fig. 5A corresponding view, the locking device with the locking element locked thereto; Fig. 6 the side wall of the adapter base with a locking opening for the locking element and the locking element of the vehicle seat module with a view of an interface provided on the longitudinal side thereof; Fig. 7 shows, on an enlarged scale, a front strip of a bottom part of the adapter base, on which at least one switch and one interface for data and energy transmission are provided; Fig. 8A-8B show different perspective views of a center console module locked to the adapter base; Fig. 9 in perspective view a storage compartment module inserted into the adapter base; Fig. 10A-10B show various perspective views of a child seat module locked to the adapter base and a child seat fixed thereto; Fig. 11 the child seat module without child seat and changing mat provided with it; Fig. 12 in perspective view the adapter base with subwoofer module inserted thereon; Fig. 13 shows a plan view looking into the vehicle interior of a vehicle in a different configuration in which two adapter bases are used for storing bicycles in the vehicle interior; Fig. 14 in with the Fig. 13 shows a further interior configuration on the vehicle in which an adapter base is used to accommodate two surfboards.
[0030] The Fig. 1A shows a vehicle interior I, on whose vehicle floor B several - in this case three - guide devices S are provided, each with a pair of guide rails Sa and Sb. In this case, an interior module can be arranged longitudinally displaceably in front of a dashboard A of the associated vehicle on a pair of guide rails Sa, Sb. Fig. 1A, a total of five interior assemblies are provided, each with a vehicle seat module 1A to 1E, forming a first row of seats and a second row of seats.
[0031] As can be seen from the exploded view of the Fig. As illustrated in Figure 2, each vehicle seat module 1A to 1E is attached to an adapter base 3, which is held longitudinally displaceably on a pair of guide rails Sa, Sb and thus fixed to the vehicle floor B. The vehicle seat modules 1A to 1E are interchangeably locked to an adapter base 3 and can thus be replaced with other modules as needed and at the request of a vehicle user. In this way, the vehicle interior I can be reconfigured relatively easily and quickly. Fig. Figure 1B shows an example.
[0032] In the Fig. In the interior configuration shown in Figure 1B, the vehicle seat module 1B on an adapter base of the front passenger seat has been replaced with a leg rest module 2A. A seat occupant of the vehicle seat module 1E located behind it can now rest their outstretched legs on this leg rest module 2A. Between this vehicle seat module 1E and a vehicle seat module 1C located behind the vehicle seat module 1A for the driver, a center console module 2B is provided on the adapter base instead of a third vehicle seat module 1D for the rear row of seats.
[0033] The replacement of the individual modules is possible via the provided adapter base 3 according to the Fig. 2. For example, the vehicle seat module 1A shown here as an example has a backrest 12 and a seat part 11, which are arranged on a platform support 10 of the vehicle seat module 1A. On the underside of this platform support 10, several - in this case four - locking elements in the form of locking tongues 101-104 are provided. These locking tongues 101-104 can be inserted into four locking openings 33.1-33.4 on the adapter base (cf. in particular Fig. 3C) and locked therein in a crash-safe manner, so that the vehicle seat module 1A is firmly connected to the adapter base 3.
[0034] The adapter base 3 is designed in the form of a box with a U-shaped cross-section, open at a top side and open at both a front and a rear side. Two side walls 301 and 303 of the adapter base 3 are thus connected to each other via a base 302, thus forming a receiving body 30 with a cavity 304. The locking openings 33.1-33.4 for the locking tongues 101-104 are located on the top sides of the side walls 301 and 303.
[0035] In the exploded view variant of the Fig. 2, for example, a storage compartment insert 2AA is inserted into the cavity 304 of the receiving body 30. This storage compartment insert 2AA provides additional storage space beneath the vehicle seat module 1A when the interior assembly shown is installed as intended.
[0036] For connection to the vehicle floor B and in particular the guide device S, the adapter base 3 has two elongated connecting elements in the form of rail inserts 31a and 31b on its underside. These rail inserts 31a and 31b can be positively inserted into the guide rails Sa and Sb on the vehicle floor B. Via laterally extendable fixing parts, in particular motor-extendable and, if necessary, resettable fixing parts, the adapter base 3 is then held longitudinally displaceably on the guide device S, while at the same time being crash-safe, so that the adapter base 3 cannot be separated from the guide device S either accidentally or in the event of a crash.
[0037] As can be seen particularly from the individual representations of the Fig. 3A, Fig. 3B and Fig. As can be seen in Figure 3C, the base part 302 has a front panel 32, on which, among other things, a switch 320 for activating electronic functions of the adapter base 3 and an interface 320, here in the form of a USB interface, for data and power transmission are provided. A battery, which is housed within the base part 302, can also be charged via the interface 321 as an energy storage device.
[0038] When mounted as intended on the vehicle floor B, an electrical connection to an on-board electronics system of the vehicle is also realized via contacts on the rail inserts 31a and 31b, so that control signals can be transmitted to a control unit of the adapter base 3 and / or to a control unit of a module connected to the adapter base 3 and a connection to a power supply of the vehicle is established.
[0039] As can be seen particularly from the top view of the Fig. 3C, several locking drives 34.1-34.4 of the adapter base 3 are housed beneath a base plate of the base part 302. These locking drives 34.1-34.4 are used to adjust the associated fixing parts by external force, which secure the adapter base 3 to the vehicle floor B on an associated guide rail Sa, Sb. Instead of the locking drives 34.1-34.4 or in addition to them, one or more adjustment drives can also be housed within the base part 302. The adapter base 3 can be longitudinally displaceable by external force along the respective guide device S by means of an adjustment drive.
[0040] For locking a pair of locking elements, such as the locking tongues 101-104 of a vehicle seat module 1A-1E, two locking devices 35 are provided on the adapter base 3, one of which is in the Fig. 4 and 5A to 5C. A locking device 35 is accommodated in each case in one of the side walls 301, 303, specifically in a compartment 3011 accessible via a service flap 3010. A locking device 35 comprises two locking parts in the form of locking slides 351 and 352, each assigned to a locking opening 33.1, 33.2 (on the other side wall 303 to the locking openings 33.3 and 33.4). These locking slides 351 and 352 are movable in opposite directions via a spindle drive of the locking device 35 between a release position corresponding to the Fig. 4 and Fig. 5A and a locking position according to the Fig. 5B motor adjustable.
[0041] For the adjustment, a single common electromotive drive unit 35 is provided, via which a drive spindle 354 of the locking device 35 can be rotated. Depending on the direction of rotation of the drive spindle 354, the locking slides 351 and 352 are synchronously moved either translationally away from each other from a release position to a release position or translationally toward each other from the locking position to the release position.
[0042] For additional guidance of the locking slides 351, 352 along mutually opposite adjustment directions, a guide part 353 is provided in addition to the drive spindle 354, on which the locking slides 351, 352 are each displaceably mounted. In this case, the guide part 353 is designed, for example, in the manner of a guide rod or a guide rail.
[0043] Will be according to the representation of the Fig. 5A, for example, if a locking tongue 101 is inserted into a locking opening 33.1 on a side wall 301 of the adapter base 3, the locking slide 351 associated with the locking opening 33.1 is in its release position. The locking tongue 101, which is T-shaped in cross-section, is then inserted into the locking opening 33.1 with a locking portion 1011 provided at a front end of its shaft portion 1010 until it reaches an end position. Once this end position has been reached by the locking tongue 101, this is detected by a sensor, for example, via at least one magnet, inductively, capacitively, or via a switch or a button.The reaching of the corresponding end position by the locking tongue 101 leads to the generation of a detection signal and, in response thereto, to an activation of the drive unit 350, so that the locking carriage 351 moves into its locking position according to the . Fig. 5B moves.
[0044] If the locking slide 351 is in the position shown in the Fig. 5B, the locking slide 351 engages over the locking portion 1011 of the locking tongue 101 and thus blocks the locking tongue 101 from being pulled out of the locking opening 33.1. The positive locking with the locking slide 351 leads in this case to a crash-proof fixation of the vehicle seat module 1A to the adapter base 3.
[0045] On the locking tongue 101 and in particular its shaft section 1010, according to the Fig. 6, an interface 1010s is also provided. For example, this interface 1010s is implemented via one or more connection sockets. Corresponding connection plugs are provided on the respective locking slides 351, 352. These are plugged into the connection sockets when the respective locking slide 351, 352 is moved into its locking position, thus providing an electrical connection between the adapter base 3 and the respective vehicle seat module 1A-1E, provided the vehicle seat module 1A-1E has been properly attached to the adapter base 3.
[0046] The Fig. 7 illustrates again on an enlarged scale the front panel 32 of the base part 302 with the switch 320 and the (USB) interface 321.
[0047] As already mentioned in connection with the Fig. 1A-1B, not only vehicle seat modules 1A to 1E can be secured and locked to the adapter base 3, but also other modules intended for a vehicle occupant. Fig. 8A and Fig. 8B show a perspective view of the center console module 2B in an individual representation. This center console module 2B has, as an example, a pull-out storage compartment 22B on a rear side of the center console module 2B, which is accommodated in the cavity 304 of the adapter base 3. A longitudinally movable central storage compartment 20B is defined on the center console module 2B between a lower part having the pull-out storage compartment 22B and an upper part of the center console module 2B forming a cover surface storage compartment 21B.
[0048] However, a storage compartment module 2C can also be mounted on the adapter base 3 and in particular in its cavity 304, in accordance with the Fig. 9 and locked. This storage compartment module 2C is completely accommodated in the cavity 304 and has a continuous storage space 20C, through which objects are prevented from falling out at a front and / or a rear by a strap 200C.
[0049] A child seat module 2D can also be attached to the adapter base 3 according to the Fig. 10A, Fig. 10B and Fig. 11 can be releasably locked. Such a child seat module 2D has locking interfaces on its upper side - here in the form of Isofix locks 25.1D and 25.2D - for the releasable fixation of a child seat K. The child seat module 2D further integrates a trash can 22D accommodated in the cavity 304 of the adapter base 3. A storage compartment 21D is defined above the trash can 22D. This storage compartment 21D is accessible via side openings. On a front side of the child seat module 2D, in turn, a front-side holding surface 23D is formed, on which objects can be held via a belt strap 230D. To facilitate the positioning and handling of objects on the holding surface 23D, the holding surface 23D is designed to be inclined in the present example.
[0050] The child seat module 2D shown has a top plate 20D on its upper side, which can be used to form a changing mat 24D when the child seat K is removed. According to the illustration of the Fig. 11, this changing mat 24D can form laterally projecting side parts 241B and 242D, so that additional space is available for a child or baby to be changed.
[0051] The subwoofer module 2E of the Fig. 12, a subwoofer enclosure 22E is inserted into the cavity 304 of the adapter base 3. A subwoofer is housed in the subwoofer enclosure 22E. An additional storage compartment 21E can be formed on the subwoofer enclosure 2 above the subwoofer enclosure 22E.
[0052] The adapter base 3 thus allows the combination with different modules 1A-1E and 2A-2C, so that a vehicle user can individually and relatively easily adapt an interior configuration.
[0053] At the same time, one or more adapter bases 3 can also be used without additional modules. The top views of the Fig. 13 and Fig. 14 the use of the U-shaped adapter base 3 as a transport aid for transporting comparatively bulky objects in the vehicle interior I.
[0054] In the variant of the Fig. 13, for example, two bicycles R1 and R2 are arranged in the vehicle interior I of a vehicle F behind two front vehicle seat modules 1A and 1B. A front tire of each bicycle R1, R2 is secured to an adapter base 3.
[0055] In the variant of the Fig. 14, two surfboards BR1 and BR2 are held on an adapter base 3, which is fixed to the middle of the three longitudinal guide devices S in the vehicle interior I. List of reference symbols 10 Carrier platform 1010 shaft section 1010s interface 1011 Locking section 101-104 Locking tongue (locking element) 11 Seat part 12 Backrest 1A-1E Vehicle seat module (interior object / module) 200C webbing 20B Movable (middle) shelf 20C storage space 20D top plate 21B Deck surface storage 21D storage compartment 21E Storage compartment / sound chamber 22B Pull-out storage compartment 22D trash can 22E subwoofer enclosure 230D webbing 23D Front holding surface 241D, 242D side panel 24D changing mat 25.1D, 25.2D Isofix locking 2A Leg rest module (interior object / module) 2AA storage compartment insert 2B Center console module (interior object / module) 2C Storage compartment module (interior object / module) 2D child seat module (interior object / module) 2E subwoofer module (interior object / module) 3 adapter base 30 receiving bodies 301, 303 side wall 3010 Service flap 3011 Accommodation room 302 floor 304 Cavity 31a, 31b Rail insert (connecting element) 32 front panel 320 switches 321 Interface for data / power transmission 33.1-33.4 Locking opening 34.1-34.4 Locking drive / adjustment drive 35 Locking device 350 drive unit 351, 352 locking slide (locking part) 353 guide part 354 drive spindle A dashboard B Vehicle floor BR1, BR2 surfboard I Vehicle interior K Child seat R1, R2 bicycle S guide device Sa, Sb guide rail QUOTES CONTAINED IN THE DESCRIPTION
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[0000] WO 2021 / 013732 A1
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Claims
[1] Interior assembly for a vehicle interior (I), comprising at least one interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) intended for a vehicle occupant and to be fixed to a vehicle floor (B) of the vehicle interior (I), characterized by , that - the interior assembly comprises an adapter base (3) to be fixed to the vehicle floor (B) and - the at least one interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) is designed as an exchangeable module that can be releasably locked to the adapter base (3) and is to be fixed to the vehicle floor (B) via the adapter base (3). [2] Interior assembly according to claim 1, characterized by that the adapter base (3) defines a cavity (304) into which at least a part of the at least one interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) and / or an additional insert (2AA) positionable below the at least one interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) can be inserted. [3] Interior assembly according to claim 1 or 2, characterized bythat the adapter base (3) has a cuboid-shaped outer contour. [4] Interior assembly according to claim 3, characterized by that the adapter base (3) is designed in the manner of a box open towards an upper side. [5] Interior assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the adapter base (3) has a U-shaped cross-section. [6] Interior assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the adapter base (3) has a plurality of locking openings (33.1-33.4) on an upper side, to each of which a locking element (101-104) of the interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) can be locked. [7] Interior assembly according to claim 6, characterized by that the adapter base (3) comprises at least one locking device (35) via which a locking element (101-104) inserted into a locking opening (33.1-33.4) can be mechanically locked. [8] Interior assembly according to claim 7, characterized by in that the at least one locking device (35) comprises at least one blocking part (351, 352) which is adjustably mounted on the adapter base (3) between a release position and a locking position, wherein the at least one blocking part (351, 352) in the release position allows the insertion of the locking element (101-104) into and the withdrawal of the locking element (101-104) from the locking opening (33.1-33.4) and in the locking position blocks a locking element (101-104) inserted into a locking opening (33.1-33.4) against withdrawal from the locking opening (33.1-33.4). [9] Interior assembly according to claim 8, characterized by that the at least one locking part (351, 352) is adjustable between the release position and the locking position by external power. [10] Interior assembly according to claim 9, characterized bythat the locking device (35) comprises at least one motor drive unit (350) for the externally powered adjustment of the at least one locking part (351, 352), which automatically triggers an adjustment of the at least one locking part (351, 352) from the release position into the locking position as soon as one or more locking elements (101-104) of the at least one interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) have been introduced into a respective associated locking opening (33.1-33.4). [11] Interior assembly according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterized by that the at least one locking part (351, 352) is displaceable between the release position and the locking position. [12] Interior assembly according to one of claims 8 to 11, characterized by that the locking device (35) for locking a locking element (101-104) inserted into a locking opening (33.1-33.4) comprises a spindle drive. [13] Interior assembly according to one of claims 8 to 12, characterized by that the locking device (35) comprises two locking parts (351, 352) each assigned to a locking opening (33.1-33.4) which are adjustable via a common motor drive unit (350) of the locking device (35). [14] Interior assembly according to one of claims 7 to 13, characterized by that the locking device (35) is accommodated in a side wall (301, 303) of the adapter part (3), on the upper side of which one or more locking openings (33.1-33.4) are provided. [15] Interior assembly according to claim 14, characterized by that the adapter base (3) comprises two opposite side walls (301, 303) bordering a cavity (304) of the adapter base (3), each having at least one locking device (35). [16] Interior assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the adapter base (3) has at least one connecting element (31a, 31b) for connection to an assembly of the vehicle floor (B). [17] Interior assembly according to claim 16, characterized by that the connecting element (31a, 31b) is designed and provided for displaceable mounting on a guide rail (Sa, Sb) of the vehicle floor (B). [18] Interior assembly according to claim 16 or 17, characterized by that at least one adjustably mounted fixing part is provided on the at least one connecting element (31a, 31b) for securing the at least one connecting element (31a, 31b) to the vehicle floor (B). [19] Interior assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the adapter base (3) comprises an energy storage device and / or at least an interface (321) for transmitting signals and / or energy. [20] Interior assembly according to claim 19, characterized bythat via the interface (321) - the energy storage is rechargeable and / or - a control electronics integrated into the adapter base (3) is configurable and / or - the interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) locked with the adapter base (3) is configurable. [21] Interior assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that at least one interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) - as a vehicle seat module (1A-1E) with seat part (11) and backrest (12) or - as a leg support module (2A) for providing a support surface for the legs of a seat occupant in the vehicle interior (I) or - as a center console module (2B) for providing a center console in the vehicle interior (I) or - as a storage compartment module (2C) for providing a storage compartment in the vehicle interior (I) or - as a child seat module (2D) to provide a fastening option for a vehicle child seat (K) or - is designed as a subwoofer module (2E) with a housing accommodating a subwoofer. [22] Interior assembly according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the interior module comprises at least two different interior objects (1A-1E, 2A-2E), each designed as a module, which can be optionally locked to one and the same adapter base (3). [23] Vehicle, with at least one interior group according to one of the preceding claims provided on a vehicle floor (B) of the vehicle (F). [24] Vehicle according to claim 23, characterized by that the adapter base (3) is mounted on a guide device (S) so as to be longitudinally displaceable and the interior object (1A-1E, 2A-2E) locked to the adapter base (3) can be exchanged for another interior object (2E-2A, 1E-1A).
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