Vehicle component, in particular armrest with lowering cup holder mechanism

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle component, in particular an armrest (10), with a reversibly extendable storage and receiving table with a beverage holder mechanism. According to the invention, the beverage holder mechanism comprises a lowering device by means of which the speed of a reversible pivoting movement of a retaining element (22) from a starting position (22; PA) to a usage position (22; PN), which carries at least one beverage holder base (24), is reduced relative to the storage and receiving table.

Description

The invention relates to a vehicle component, in particular an armrest, having a reversibly extendable storage and receiving table with a cup holder mechanism.The document DE 20 2019 102 897 U1 describes at least one drawer which has a beverage holder. It is provided that a handle is formed in a front side of the drawer, that the handle is defined by a recessed portion in the front side. The drawer may be provided with a locking feature operable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking feature may prevent inadvertent opening of the drawer. The drawer may additionally or alternatively be retained by a locking feature that can only be overcome with a predetermined force, such that inadvertent opening of the drawer is prevented. The drawer may be retained in the stowed position by a push-push mechanism. A damper may maintain the drawer in a substantially constant position when the drawer is extended. The damping element can be mounted on a guide rail or on the drawer. The damping element can be, for example, a fluid damper. The damping element may include a gear that may be connected to a disc contained within a housing containing a viscous fluid. Rotation of the gear may rotate the disk in the viscous fluid such that the damper may slow the movement of the drawer to provide a smooth and / or smooth opening and closing movement of the bearing feature. It is disclosed that the damping element may include a different damper arrangement in place of the viscosity damper described above, including pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical damping elements. In operation, a user may grasp the handle to reciprocate the drawer between the open and closed positions. The damper may allow smooth movement of the bearing feature between positions without hard opening or closing.The object of the invention is to create a vehicle component, in particular an armrest, which has a reversibly extendable storage and receiving table with a beverage holder mechanism comprising a lowering device, which is of comfortable design.The starting point of the invention is a vehicle component, in particular an armrest, having a reversibly extendable storage and receiving table with a beverage holder mechanism.According to the invention, it is provided that the beverage holder mechanism comprises a lowering device, wherein the beverage holder mechanism has a holding element which can be pivoted about a pivot axis from a starting position, in which the holding element is arranged integrated in a plane of the storage and receiving table, into a use position, in which the holding element is arranged outside the plane of the storage and receiving table after pivoting about the pivot axis. It is further provided that the holding element has at least one bearing element which is inserted into at least one bearing bush formed in the placement and receiving table, such that the at least one bearing element and the bearing bush form the lowering device, wherein a joint between the at least one bearing element and the at least one bearing bush is formed as an interference fit, such that a speed of the reversible pivoting movement between the starting position of the holding element and the use position of the holding element is adjustable as a function of the frictional force formed in the joint, in particular is reduced compared to conventional lowering processes of corresponding holding elements.Preferably, in a first embodiment variant, it is provided that the at least one bearing element of the lowering device is a cylindrical bearing bolt which is arranged in the at least one cylindrically formed bearing bush of the lowering device.In this first embodiment variant, it is advantageously achieved that the speed of the reversible pivoting movement is set via the predetermined pivot angle or the predetermined pivot angle which can be predetermined during the pivoting movement in such a way that the speed is substantially constantly reduced as compared to conventional lowering processes as a function of the frictional force in the joint, which is set by the oversize of the outer contour of the cylindrical bearing bolt with respect to the bearing bush.Preferably, in a second embodiment variant, it is provided that the at least one bearing element of the lowering device is an oval bearing bolt which is arranged in the at least one cylindrically formed bearing bush of the lowering device.In this second embodiment variant, it is advantageously achieved that the speed of the reversible pivoting movement is set via the pivot angle which can be predetermined or is predetermined during the pivoting movement in such a way that the speed is reduced as compared to conventional lowering processes as a function of the predeterminable frictional force in the joint, which is set by the oversize of the outer contour of the oval bearing bolt with respect to the bearing bush.In particular, in the second embodiment variant it is provided that the speed decreases as a function of the predefined friction force in the joint during pivoting of the holding element by the predefined pivot angle from the starting position into the use position and increases during pivoting of the holding element from the use position into the starting position, that is to say is not constant compared to the first embodiment variant over during pivoting over the predefined pivot angle.It is preferably provided that the at least one bearing bush of the lowering device is formed by a bearing shell, wherein the bearing shell is formed in a lower part of the storage and receiving table, which in an assembled state of the two-part storage and receiving table forms the bearing bush of the lowering device. In the assembled state, the bearing shell is closed by the upper part of the storage and receiving table, so that the upper part of the storage and receiving table closes the bearing shell with its lower side as a cover, so that the respective cylindrical or oval bearing bolt, which lies in the bearing shell, is secured by the upper part.Furthermore, it is preferably provided that the holding element has supporting webs and at least one tilting element arranged orthogonally to the supporting webs, on which tilting element the at least one cup holder base is arranged pivotably on a tilting axis, wherein the at least one cup holder base in its use position oscillates about the tilting axis as soon as the holding element and the cup holder bases are in the use position.It is preferably provided that the at least one cup holder base is arranged between the supporting webs of the holding element such that it can be pivoted on the pivot axis, wherein the at least one cup holder base together with the holding element are arranged in a releasably locked manner integrated in their initial positions in the plane of the storage and receiving table by a locking lock with respect to the storage and receiving table. By unlocking the locking lock, the at least one cup holder bottom together with the holding element comes from its initial position into the use position.It is thus provided that the holding element and the at least one cup holder base come together from their starting positions into their use positions in that the locking lock reversibly unlocks and the holding element and the at least one cup holder base subsequently pivot out of the plane of the storage and receiving table about the pivot axis, so that the holding element in its use position is arranged, after the unlocking of the locking lock from the plane of the storage and receiving table, finally lowered by the predeterminable pivot angle with respect to an underside of the storage and receiving table.Furthermore, it is provided that at least one stop is arranged between the supporting webs, which stop is arranged running orthogonally to the supporting webs, wherein the at least one cup holder base in its use position abuts on the stop during its pendulum movement about the tilting axis, wherein at least one recess is formed on an underside of the at least one cup holder base directed towards the stop, in which recess a soft component is arranged, wherein the soft component abuts on the stop in the recess of the at least one cup holder base.The invention is explained below with reference to the associated drawings. The following are shown: FIG. 1 shows a perspective view (top view) of the vehicle component according to the invention with a storage and receiving table as receiving device in an extended position-not pivoted-in a supporting and guiding frame; FIG. 2 shows a perspective view (top view) of the vehicle component according to the invention with the storage and receiving table as receiving device in a - pivoted - extended position in the support and guide frame; FIG. 3 shows an illustration of an upper side of a lower part of the depositing and receiving table with a retaining element in the initial position in which beverage holder floors are arranged, in a retracted position of the depositing and receiving table in the supporting and guiding frame; FIG. 4 shows a side view of the lower part of the depositing and receiving table with the holding element in the starting position according to a first embodiment variant; FIG. 5 is a side view of the lower part of the storage and receiving table with the retaining element in the initial position (upper illustration) according to a second embodiment variant with a detail (lower illustration in FIG. 5 ) belonging to a retaining element which is in a use position; FIG. 6 shows a perspective illustration of the holding element with a beverage holder base which is provided with a soft component with respect to a stop of the holding element.In all figures, a coordinate system is shown in each case for identifying the spatial directions, in which the x direction points along a longitudinal direction, the y direction points to the left along the transverse direction and the z direction points upward along the vertical direction.One of several possible vehicle components is an armrest 10 in the exemplary embodiment below according to FIGS. 1 to 6.If the vehicle component is an armrest 10, on the basis of which the invention is explained below, and if the armrest 10 is in a folded-down position, such that its end side 20 (compare FIGS. 1 and 2 ) points forward in a vehicle interior, the longitudinal direction corresponds to a vehicle longitudinal direction, in particular forward, the transverse direction corresponds to a vehicle transverse direction and the vertical direction corresponds to a vehicle vertical direction.The vehicle component will be described below with a receiving device 16, wherein the receiving device 16 is a storage and receiving table which is displaceable or pivotable in a drawer-like manner from a retracted position S e( compare FIG. 3 ), in which it is arranged within a cavity of the vehicle component, into an extended position S a, in which it protrudes from the cavity at least partially into the region outside the vehicle component, and vice versa. The placement and receiving table is hereinafter abbreviated to "table".The table is unlocked for transferring from a retracted position S e into the extended position S a shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 by a tension element 18, in particular a manually actuatable tension loop. The actuatable pull strap is arranged on the end face 20 of the armrest 10. The table includes a top 16A and a bottom 16B which form the table when assembled. As is clear from FIGS. 1 and 2 and from FIG. 3, the pull strap is guided through a slot 30 in the upper part 16A. A fastening end of the pull strap is fastened before the shell-like lower part 16B is connected to the shell-like upper part 16A, wherein the fastening end of the pull strap is guided through the slot 30 beforehand. The fastening end of the pull strap is connected to a locking and unlocking device, not shown in detail, which reversibly locks the table with respect to a support and guide frame 14, so that the retracted position S e can only be left when the locking and unlocking device is unlocked.By actuating the pull strap, an unlocking of the table is thus possible. It is possible here for the storage and receiving table to be linearly displaced in a guided linear adjustment movement according to FIG. 1 from the retracted position S e into the extended position S a wherein the table is subsequently pivotable in a guided pivoting adjustment movement from the extended position S a into a pivoted, extended position S ga.A frame structure of a support and guide frame 14 forms for the table the framed cavity which is illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2. The table is arranged in the retracted position S e in this cavity. As is made clear in the overview of FIGS. 1 to 3, it is provided that support arms 12 (compare previously FIGS. 4 and 5 ) engage in the support and guide frame 14 along a left and right longitudinal side of the armrest 10 in an assembled state of the armrest 10. In the assembled state, the support arms 12 are firmly connected to the lateral regions of the support and guide frame 14, i.e. they are connected, preferably screwed, to the support and guide frame 14 from the outer frame narrow sides.According to FIGS. 1 and 2, the table has, close to the end face 20, at least one opening 28, in which at least one cup holder base 24 is arranged.The description below relates to a plurality of beverage holder floors 24, since in the selected embodiment two beverage holder floors 24 are arranged.The invention relates to a beverage holder mechanism having a lowering device with at least one beverage holder base 24.The beverage holder floors 24 are in their initial position 24; P A which is planar with respect to the table plane, initially in the plane of the table.In the plane of the table, in a planar starting position 22; P A, likewise with respect to the plane of the table, there is also a holding element 22, which is explained in more detail below.In a use position 24; P N of the beverage holder floors 24 pivoted by means of the holding element 22, the beverage holder floors 24, as is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, lie below the table outside the plane of the table, so that the openings 28 are exposed and the opening edges of the openings 28 of the table form the circumferential holding structure for the respective beverage container.In the pivoted use position 24; P N the beverage holder bases 24 can oscillate about a tilting axis Y K by means of the beverage holder mechanism.The beverage container is held in the pivoted use position 24; P N of the beverage holder bases 24 thus on the bottom side and circumferential side, that is to say thus in contact surface pairs between the bottom surface of the beverage holder bases 24 and the bottom surface of the beverage containers and the lateral surfaces of the beverage containers and the circumferential edges of the openings.The beverage holder floors 24 are arranged in the holding element 22, wherein the holding element 22 is reversibly pivotable with respect to the plane of the table.The holding element 22 is pivotable via a pivot axis Y S from the planar starting position 22; P A of the holding element 22 into the use position 22; P N.In the planar starting position 22; P A the holding element 22 with its beverage holder bases 24 lies, as is illustrated in FIG. 3, within the table, in particular in the plane of the lower part 16B of the table which can be assembled from the upper part 16A and the lower part 16B.In the pivoted use position 22; P N of the holding element 22, the holding element 22 pivoted about the pivot axis Y S lies below the table outside the plane of the table, as is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.In the pivoted use position 22; P N of the holding element 22, the planes of the beverage holder floors 24, since they can oscillate about the tilting axis Y K by means of the beverage holder mechanism, are always in the plane of the table.The beverage holder bases 24 oscillate with respect to a plane defined between the supporting webs 32 of the holding element 22.If the armrest 10 is, for example, reversibly pivoted upwards or downwards and the position of the plane of the table in three-dimensional space changes, the beverage holder floors 24 swing about the tilting axis Y K in such a way that the beverage holder floors 24 are advantageously always arranged in a horizontal plane parallel to the table plane.The use position 22; P N of the holding element 22 and the use position 24; P N of the beverage holder floors 24 can only be reached if the region of the table in which the beverage holder floor / beverage holder floors 24 is / are arranged, as is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, is located outside the cavity of the support and guide frame 14, at least in the exclusively translationally extended position S a or also in the translationally pivoted extended position S ga.The cup holder mechanism comprises a reversible locking lock, which is not the subject matter of this invention, by means of which the holding element 22 and the cup holder bases 24 are releasably locked, in particular in the plane of a base 16B, in the respective starting position 22; AP and 24; AP, as is illustrated in FIG. 3, wherein the table is arranged in the support and guide frame 14 in the retracted position S e of the storage and receiving table.In FIG. 3, the table is shown in the retracted position S e from its underside. The table has the preferably tray-like lower part 16B. The openings 28 are let into the preferably shell-like table top part 16A and the bottom part 16B, so that the table in the assembled state has the openings 28 which have a depth, which corresponds to the height of the table, determined as a function of the height of the top part 16A and the bottom part 16B. In these openings 28, which are formed by the height of the table and the predeterminable diameter, the holding element 22 and the beverage holder bases 24 are in the starting position 22; AP / 24; AP. They are prevented by the reversible locking lock from allowing the holding element 22 and the beverage holder bases 24 to pivot out of the plane of the table about the pivot axis Y S without being unlocked and allowing the beverage holder bases 24 to correspondingly oscillate about the tilt axis Y K.According to the invention, it is provided that the table is first pushed out translationally into the extended position S a or into the translationally pivoted extended position S ga outside the cavity of the support and guide frame 14 (compare FIGS. 1 and 2 ) or pushed out and pivoted.The top side of the table is advantageously available to the user as a storage surface, and the holding element 22 and the beverage holder floors 24 are still located in the plane of the table in the starting position 22; AP and 24; AP.The user can thus choose whether he additionally uses the beverage holder bases 24 as a storage area or reduces the storage area when he places beverage containers on the beverage holder bases 24.When the user deposits beverage containers on the upper surfaces of the cup bottoms 24, pressure is applied to the reversible lock and the support member 22 pivots about the pivot axis Y S out of the plane of the table and the cup bottoms 24 are allowed to pivot about the pivot axis Y K. That is, the holding element 22 and the beverage holder bases 24 are unlocked from the starting position 22; AP and 24; AP and the beverage holder bases 24 assume the use position 22; P N / 24; P N shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 without the beverage containers.The pivot axis Y S is shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, since the pivot axis Y S is of importance for the lowering device of the beverage holder mechanism according to the invention.As is clear from the description, the retaining element 22 and the beverage holder bases 24 disengage, as a result of which at least the retaining element 22 suddenly pivots out of its starting position 22; AP.The invention ensures that this pivoting of the holding element 22 from the starting position 22; AP into the use position 22; P N is carried out by means of a lowering device which reduces the speed of a pivoting movement from the starting position P A into the use position P N and back.First embodiment:It is clear from FIG. 3 in combination with FIG. 4 that bearing elements 36.1, preferably designed as bearing bolts, are located in bearing bushes 38 which are designed as cylindrical bearing bushes. The bearing shells are arranged on the upper side of the lower part 16B along the pivot axis Y in S fashion. The bearing elements 36.1 are a component of the holding element 22.In the assembled state of the table, the bearing shells are secured in a cover-like manner by a lower side, not shown, of the upper part 16A. In other words, the upper part 16A closes off the bearing shell open toward the upper part 16 with its lower side in the manner of a lid, so that the bearing elements 36.1 lie in the bearing shells in the assembled state.The bearing pins are located in the cylindrical bearing shells in the assembled state. The holding element 22 is arranged in the bearing bushes 38 so as to be pivotable along the pivot axis Y in a S manner via the bearing bolts.In the first embodiment variant, the bearing bolts are of cylindrical design and the diameter of the bearing bolts is selected such that an interference fit, that is to say an interference fit, occurs between the inner shape of the cylindrical bearing shells and the outer shape of the bearing bolts, as a result of which a high frictional force is formed between the contact surfaces.If the reversible locking lock is unlocked, the high frictional force ensures that the lowering speed of the holding element 22 and also the return pivoting speed is reduced compared to a conventional clearance fit of the holding element 22 from the starting position 22; P A into the use position 22; P N and vice versa, wherein the speed is reduced substantially uniformly over the pivoting angle of the pivoting movement independently of the pivoting direction of the holding element 22. By folding out the holding element 22 and thus the beverage holder bases 24, the operation is more valuable and convenient for the user, since there is no unpleasant audible and sudden folding out of the beverage holder bases 24.Second embodiment:It is clear from FIG. 3 in combination with FIG. 5 that bearing elements 36.2, which are preferably designed as bearing bolts, are located in bearing bushes 38 which are designed as cylindrical bearing bushes. The bearing shells are again arranged S on the upper side of the lower part 16B along the pivot axis Y. The bearing elements 36.2 are also part of the holding element 22 in the second embodiment variant.In the assembled state of the table, the trays are secured in a lid-like manner by the lower side, not shown, of the upper part 16A. In other words, the upper part 16A closes off the bearing shell open toward the upper part 16 with its lower side in the manner of a lid, so that the bearing elements 36.2 lie in the bearing shells in the assembled state analogously to the first variant embodiment. The bearing pins are located in the cylindrical bearing shells in the assembled state. The holding element 22 is arranged in the bearing bushes 38 so as to be pivotable along the pivot axis Y in a S manner via the bearing bolts.In the second variant embodiment, however, the bearing bolts are oval and not cylindrical, and the largest distance of the oval of the oval bearing bolt is selected such that an interference fit, i.e. the interference fit, does not occur between the inner shape of the cylindrical bearing shells and the outer shape of the bearing bolts until the oval bearing bolts or the retaining element 22 moves, i.e. is pivoted, from its starting position 22; P A into the use position 22; P N. In the starting position 22; P A of the holding element 22, only a slight frictional force acts between the contact surfaces of the oval bearing bolts with respect to the bearing shells. The oval bearing bolts can thus initially rotate in the bearing bushes 38 from the starting position 22; P N in the direction of the use position 22; P N with little friction. A high or higher frictional force between the contact surfaces of the oval bearing bolts with respect to the bearing shells is formed only when the greatest distance of the respective oval of the bearing bolts with respect to the inner shape of the substantially cylindrical bearing shells comes into play. The rotational movement of the oval bearing bolts in the bearing bushes 38 slows down when the respective oval continues to come in the direction of the use position 22; P N since the friction increases due to the interference fit of the oval with respect to the bearing bushes 38, so that the oval bearing bolts rotate more slowly in the bearing bushes 38 with friction with respect to the bearing shells, as a result of which ultimately the pivoting movement of the retaining element 22 is reduced. It is understood that this effect occurs exactly the reverse during the pivoting movement of the holding element 22 from the use position 22; P N in the direction of the starting position 22; P N.If the reversible locking lock is unlocked (arrangement of the oval bearing bolt in the starting position 22; P A of the holding element 22 according to the upper illustration in FIG. 5 ), a low frictional force and a higher frictional force in the course of the pivoting movement ensures firstly that the lowering speed of the holding element 22 and also the return pivoting speed is continuously reduced or the return pivoting speed is continuously increased or is continuously increased from the starting position 22; P A into the use position 22; P N and vice versa compared to a conventional clearance fit of the holding element 22, such that the speed decreases or increases over the pivoting angle of the pivoting movement depending on the pivoting direction of the holding element 22.When the holding element 22 and thus the beverage holder bases 24 are folded out, the operating action is more valuable and convenient for the user, since there is no unpleasant audible and sudden folding out of the beverage holder bases 24. When the holding element 22 is folded out about the pivot axis Y s in this second embodiment variant, the holding element 22 is initially lowered rapidly with the beverage holder bases 24 in the direction of the use position 22; P N / 24; P N and the beverage holder bases 24 are subsequently braked shortly before the use position 22; P N / 24; P N of the holding element 22 of the beverage holder bases 24 is reached.When the use position 22; P N / 24; P N of the holding element 22 of the beverage holder bases 24 is reached, the oval bearing bolt is pivoted according to the lower illustration in FIG. 5 and the largest distance between two imaginary distance points of the oval lying on the lateral surface of the oval forms the strongest frictional force between the explained contact surfaces as a result of the press fit.During the folding in about the pivot axis Y s in this second embodiment variant, an initial slow folding of the holding element 22 and the beverage holder bases 24 occurs in the direction of the starting position 22; P A / 24; P A( starting from the lower illustration of FIG. 5 ) and subsequently an acceleration of the beverage holder bases 24 occurs shortly before the starting position 22; P A / 24; P A of the beverage holder bases 24 is reached. When the starting position 22; P A / 24; P A of the holding element 22 of the beverage holder bases 24 is reached again, the oval bearing bolt is pivoted according to the upper illustration in FIG. 5 and the smallest distance of the oval forms the smallest frictional force of the press fit between the explained contact surfaces.After the holding element 22 has been folded in with the beverage holder floors 24 and the starting position 22 is reached; P A / 24; P A the holding element 22 and the beverage holder floors 24 latch again in the planar position provided in the table by means of the locking release. For this purpose, the user engages from below on the holding element 22 and / or the beverage holder floors 24 and presses the holding element 22 and the beverage holder floors 24 from the use position 22; P N / 24; P N back into the starting position 22; P A / 24; P A in which the beverage holder floors 24 and the holding element 22 are again located in the plane of the table. The armrest 10 can then be pushed back from the extended position S a into the retracted position S e into the cavity of the frame structure.It is also clarified at this point how the predeterminable pivot angle of the holding element 22 with respect to the plane of the table is set. The holding element 22 pivots about the pivot axis Y s. as already explained. As is clear from FIG. 3, the holding element 22 forms a short leg and a long leg which is characterized by the supporting webs 32. In the starting position 22; P A of the holding element 22, the legs lie in the plane of the table. In a preferred embodiment, a rear top edge of the short leg is used to form a stop on the underside of the top 16A of the two-part table. In other words, the length of the short leg and the distance between the underside of the top part 16A of the table and the top side of the bottom part 16B, as well as the distance which the top edge of the short leg can cover between the top side of the bottom part 16B and the underside of the top part 16A when the holding element 22 is folded out, form the measure for the pivot angle by which the long leg reversibly folds out with respect to the underside of the bottom part 16B. This preferred solution of the stop formation applies to both embodiments regardless of whether the bearing element 36.1, 36.2 is cylindrical or oval.A pivot angle of 45° is preferred, for example. This means, with respect to the second embodiment variant, that, in contrast to the lower illustration shown in FIG. 5, the use position 22; P N of the retaining element 22 has already been reached when the oval bearing bolt, unlike the one illustrated in FIG. 5 (lower illustration), is pivoted from its starting position 22; P N( upper illustration, FIG. 5 ) only by 45° into the use position 22; P N( lower illustration, FIG. 5 by 90°). The effect according to the invention, which consists in that it leads to an initial rapid lowering of the retaining element 22 with the beverage holder floors 24 in the direction of the use position 22; P N / 24; P N and subsequently to a braking of the beverage holder floors 24 shortly before the use position 22; P N / 24; P N of the retaining element 22 and the beverage holder floors 24 is reached, nevertheless occurs. In this respect, the lower illustration of FIG. 5 shows the principle according to the invention for the case when the oval bearing bolt, that is to say the bearing element 36.2, rotates through 90°.FIG. 6 also illustrates that the swinging of the beverage holder floors 24 about the tilting axis Y K in the use position 24; P N is limited by stops 34 which are arranged on the supporting webs 32 which are always arranged lying on the undersides of the beverage holder floors 24.If the undersides of the beverage holder bases 24 strike the stops 34, a rattling noise may occur, which may interfere with the user.It is provided that the beverage holder bases 24 have recesses 26 in the region of the stops 34 on their underside directed toward the stops, so that installation space is produced for soft components 36 which are inserted into these recesses 26. Biobased thermoplastic polyurethanes and elastomers are preferably used for the soft components 36, with the result that the soft components 36 advantageously ensure unfolding of the beverage holder bases 24 at the stops 34 on contact between the soft components 36 and the stops 34.For use of the vehicle component, it is stated that the vehicle component can not only be arranged in an armrest 10. A motor vehicle, not shown in more detail, may include a plurality of vehicle components, also referred to as interior device components. Specifically, the vehicle component having the corresponding cavity in the frame structure may be an armrest 10 of a bench seat or is a center console disposed between the individual seats. The vehicle component can also be an instrument panel or a door interior trim or any other cargo even outside a vehicle. Each of these components or vehicle components has, for each embodiment of the vehicle component, the storage and receiving table explained accordingly with the locking and unlocking device described. It should also be noted that, in addition or as an alternative to central arm rests, further armrests can be provided laterally on the bench seat and / or the individual seats. It is understood that it is preferred that armrests 10 in particular can be used for storing an arm of persons seated in the seats. The respective armrest 10 is preferably designed to be pivotable about a pivot axis running along the y-direction, so that the armrest 10 can be transferred from the folded-down position into a folded-up position and vice versa. If the armrest 10 is in the folded-up position, it additionally forms, for example, a backrest of a central seat of the bench seat.List of reference characters10 Armrest 12 Support arms 14 Support and guide frame 16 Receiving device 16A Upper part 16B Lower part 18 Tension element 20 End side 22 Holding element 22; P A Starting position Holding element 22; P N Use position Holding element 24 Bases 26 Recess 24; P A Starting position Base / bases 24; P N usage position floor / floors 28 opening / s 30 slot 32 support webs 34 stop 36 soft component 36.1 bearing element (first embodiment variant-round) 36.2 bearing element (second embodiment variant-oval) 38 bearing bush / n x x direction along a longitudinal direction / vehicle longitudinal direction y y direction along a transverse direction / vehicle transverse direction z direction along a vertical direction / vehicle vertical direction Z pivot axis of 16 Y S pivot axis of 22 Y K tilt axis of 24 S e retracted position of 16 S a extended position of 16 S ga pivoted extended position of 16 SReferences included in the specificationThis list of documents cited by the applicant has been produced in an automated manner and is only included for the better information of the reader. The list is not part of the German patent application or utility model application. The DPMA does not take any adhesion for any faults or omissions.Patent Literature citedDE 20 2019 102 897 U1

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Claims

Vehicle component, in particular armrest (10), having a reversibly extendable storage and receiving table with a beverage holder mechanism, characterized in that the beverage holder mechanism comprises a lowering device, wherein the beverage holder mechanism has a holding element (22), which is arranged about a pivot axis (Y S) from a starting position (22; P A), in which the holding element (22) is arranged integrated in a plane of the storage and receiving table, into a use position (22; P N) in which the holding element (22), after pivoting about the pivot axis (Y S) is arranged outside the plane of the storage and receiving table, wherein the holding element (22) has at least one bearing element (36.1, 36.2) which is inserted into at least one bearing bush (38) formed in the storage and receiving table, such that the at least one bearing element (36.1, 36.2) and the bearing bush (38) form the lowering device, wherein a joint between the at least one bearing element (36.1, 36.2) and the at least one bearing bush (38) is formed as an interference fit, such that a speed of the reversible pivoting movement between the starting position (22; P A) of the holding element (22) and the use position (22; P N) of the holding element (22) can be adjusted as a function of the frictional force formed in the joint.Vehicle component according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one bearing element (36.1) of the lowering device is a cylindrical bearing bolt which is arranged in the at least one cylindrically formed bearing bush (38) of the lowering device.Vehicle component according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one bearing element (36.2) of the lowering device is an oval bearing bolt which is arranged in the at least one cylindrically formed bearing bush (38) of the lowering device.Vehicle component according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one cylindrical bearing bush (38) of the lowering device is formed by a bearing shell which is open to an upper part (16A) and is formed in a lower part (16B) of the storage and receiving table, wherein the open bearing shell, in the assembled state of the storage and receiving table, in which upper part (16A) and lower part (16B) are connected to one another to form the storage and receiving table, is closed in the manner of a cover by the upper part (16A) and which thus forms the bearing bush (38).Vehicle component according to Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the speed of the reversible pivoting movement is set via the pivot angle which can be predetermined during the pivoting movement in such a way that the speed is reduced substantially uniformly as a function of the predeterminable frictional force in the joint between the contact surfaces of the cylindrical bearing bolt and the bearing bush (38).Vehicle component according to claims 1 and 3, characterised in that the speed of the reversible pivoting movement is set via the pivot angle which can be predetermined during the pivoting movement when pivoting the retaining element (22) from the starting position (22; P A) into the use position (22; P N) in such a way that the speed decreases as a function of the predeterminable frictional force in the joint between the contact surfaces of the oval bearing bolt and the bearing bush (38) and increases when pivoting the retaining element (22) from the use position (22; P N) into the starting position (22; AP).Vehicle component according to Claim 1, characterized in that the retaining element (22) has supporting webs (32) and at least one tilting element which is arranged orthogonally with respect to the supporting webs (32) and on which the at least one beverage holder base (24) is arranged pivotably on a tilting axis (Y K) wherein the at least one beverage holder base (24) oscillates about the tilting axis (Y K) in its use position (24; P N).Vehicle component according to claims 1 and 7, characterised in that the at least one cup holder base (24) is arranged between the supporting webs (32) of the holding element (22) so as to be pivotable on the pivot axis (Y S) wherein the at least one cup holder base (24) is arranged together with the holding element (22) in its initial positions (22; P A / 24; P A) so as to be locked in a releasable manner in the plane of the storage and receiving table integrated by a locking lock with respect to the storage and receiving table.Vehicle component according to claim 8, characterised in that the holding element (22) and the at least one cup holder base (24) come together from their starting positions (22; P A / 24; P A) into their use positions (22; P N / 24; P N) by reversibly unlocking the locking lock and pivoting the holding element (22) and the at least one cup holder base (24) out of the plane of the storage and receiving table about the pivot axis (Y S) so that the holding element (22) in its use position (22; P N) after the unlocking of the locking lock from the plane of the storage and receiving table, is arranged lowered by the predeterminable pivot angle relative to an underside of the storage and receiving table.Vehicle component according to claim 7, characterised in that at least one stop (34) is arranged between the supporting webs (32), which stop is arranged running orthogonally to the supporting webs (32), wherein the at least one cup holder base (24) in its use position (24; P N) abuts against the stop (34) during its pendulum movement about the tilting axis (Y K) wherein at least one recess (26) is formed on an underside of the at least one cup holder base (24) directed towards the stop (34), in which recess a soft component (36) is arranged, wherein the soft component (36) abuts against the stop (34) in the recess (26) of the at least one cup holder base (24).

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