Storage device and motor vehicle
The storage space device with a movable rail-guided separating system addresses the inflexibility of current vehicle storage solutions, offering adaptable and stable storage configurations.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE102023208103
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-08-24
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-09
- Estimated Expiration
- 2043-08-24
AI Technical Summary
Current storage spaces in motor vehicles are rigid, inflexible, and lack adjustable partition systems, limiting their versatility for various uses.
A storage space device with a movable separating device guided by a rail system, allowing for flexible division and adjustment of the storage volume, featuring detachable and lockable components for enhanced usability.
Enables easy and flexible reconfiguration of storage space for multiple uses, providing stability and protection against obstructions while maintaining a tidy appearance.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a storage device for a motor vehicle. Furthermore, the invention relates to a motor vehicle with at least one storage device.
[0002] The currently publicly known storage spaces in motor vehicles, such as cup holders in the center console of the vehicle and / or side storage spaces in the trunk of the vehicle, are mostly rigid and inflexible. The known storage spaces in motor vehicles usually have immovable partitions or disadvantageously restrictive and / or vulnerable movement devices for the partitions. The movement devices usually have severely limited movement of the partitions, are susceptible to obstructions and / or have a disadvantageously open design. The known storage spaces in motor vehicles are usually designed for defined purposes, such as the well-known cup holders, or are even restricted accordingly. The known storage spaces are only very limited for other and / or varying purposes and offer the user no or only disadvantageous adaptation options.
[0003] DE 10 2010 018 956 A1 discloses an elongated storage compartment for a vehicle, which has an adjustable partitioning device for adjustable partitioning of the storage compartment, wherein the partitioning device comprises an elongated guide rail. DE 10 2019 210 954 B3 discloses a storage compartment arrangement for the interior of a vehicle. The storage compartment arrangement comprises a partitioning device for dividing a receiving space of the storage compartment arrangement into several receiving areas. DE 10 2006 021 685 A1 discloses a storage device for a center console of a motor vehicle.The storage device comprises at least one dividing element, wherein the dividing element is designed to divide the receiving container into at least two compartments, wherein the storage device is designed with at least one guide means which is designed to enable a continuous displacement of the at least one dividing element within the receiving container.
[0004] Further prior art is known from DE 103 59 294 A1, DE 10 2017 128 307 A1 and DE 10 2017 215 042 A1.
[0005] It is therefore an object of the present invention to remedy, or at least partially remedy, the above-described disadvantages of the prior art. In particular, the object of the invention is to provide a storage device that allows for particularly simple and flexible adjustment of the storage volume of the storage device.
[0006] In particular, it is further the object of the invention to provide a motor vehicle with at least one storage space device.
[0007] The above object is achieved by the patent claims. In particular, the object is achieved by a storage space device for a motor vehicle having the features of independent claim 1. Furthermore, the object is achieved by a motor vehicle having the features of independent claim 10. Further advantages and details of the invention emerge from the subclaims, the description, and the drawings. Features described in connection with the storage space device according to the invention naturally also apply in connection with the motor vehicle according to the invention, and vice versa, so that with regard to the disclosure of the individual aspects of the invention, reference is and can always be made to each other.
[0008] According to a first aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by a storage space device for a motor vehicle, the storage space device comprising a storage space volume that is open on at least one side and at least one separating device, wherein the storage space volume is delimited by at least one storage space wall of the storage space device and a storage space floor of the storage space device, wherein the at least one separating device is arranged for at least partially spatially separating the storage space volume within the storage space volume, wherein the storage space device comprises at least one rail and wherein the at least one separating device is movable along the at least one rail and is connected to the at least one rail in a guiding and detachable manner.
[0009] The storage space is preferably designed as a compartment and / or cavity that is open on at least one side. As described above, the storage space is preferably designed to be open at the top within the motor vehicle. For example, the storage space device is designed as a center console storage device, a door storage device, and / or a side trunk storage device, each of a motor vehicle.
[0010] The storage space device according to the invention is particularly advantageous because it comprises at least one separating device. The at least one separating device is arranged within the storage space volume and preferably separates the storage space volume, at least in sections, into at least two sub-volumes. In order to make the arrangement of the separating device particularly flexible, the storage space device comprises at least one rail. The rail is preferably designed both for guiding and for releasably fastening the separating device to the rail. The releasable fastening of the at least one separating device to the at least one rail is preferably to be understood as an option for removing the separating device from the storage space volume, at least in sections, in order to enable, for example, an enlarged and / or one-piece storage space volume.The releasability is preferably enabled by a design of the separating device and / or, as described in detail in a later section of the description, by a removal device of the at least one rail. The releasable fastening of the at least one separating device to the at least one rail is preferably designed to be force-loaded, locking, spring-supported, angle-dependent and / or automatic. For this purpose, the separating device preferably engages at least partially in the rail. Exemplary structural designs of the operative connection are explained in subsequent sections of the description. A movement and preferably a locking of the at least one separating device along and / or on the at least one rail advantageously enables a flexible arrangement of the at least one separating device and thus a diverse division and use of the storage space volume.The at least one rail is designed to be straight, at least in sections, for a linear movement of the at least one separating device and / or curved, at least in sections, for a curved movement of the at least one separating device. The at least one rail is preferably designed as a profile rail, in particular as an extruded profile rail. Particularly preferably, the rail is designed, at least in sections, as a C-profile rail.
[0011] As described, the at least one separating device is designed to be displaceable within the storage space and along the at least one rail. The at least one separating device is preferably continuously attachable to the rail. The at least one separating device is preferably attached to the at least one rail automatically by the storage space device, for example, by a spring device of the storage space device.
[0012] Preferably, the storage space floor comprises, at least in sections, a soft component and / or a rubberized surface. Preferably, the storage space device, in particular the at least one rail, comprises at least one limiting device for limiting the movement of the at least one separating device along the rail. The position of the limiting device is preferably designed to be adjustable by a user.
[0013] A storage space device designed in this way is particularly advantageous since flexible division and use of the storage space device is made particularly easy by the at least one separating device according to the invention.
[0014] According to a preferred further development of the invention, a storage space device can be provided with at least one rail arranged in the storage space floor and / or the at least one storage space wall, in particular with the at least one rail arranged in a recess in the storage space floor and / or the at least one storage space wall. The at least one separating device is designed to be guided by the at least one rail in the storage space floor and / or in the at least one storage space wall. A rail in the storage space floor supplemented by a rail in the at least one storage space wall enables particularly advantageous support and particularly stable guidance of the at least one separating device within the storage space volume. A design of the storage space device with at least one rail only in the storage space floor or only in the storage space wall enables an advantageously tidy design of the storage space device.A storage space device designed in this way is particularly advantageous since the structural design and arrangement of the at least one rail makes it particularly easy to flexibly divide and use the storage space device by means of the at least one separating device according to the invention.
[0015] According to a preferred further development of the invention, a storage space device can be provided that the storage space device comprises at least two rails, in particular wherein the at least two rails are arranged at least partially parallel, in a common plane and / or in two planes arranged at an angle to one another within the storage space volume. Guiding and / or fastening the at least one separating device by at least two rails is particularly advantageous, since guiding, in particular at a defined angle and / or in a defined orientation, of the separating device within the storage space device is advantageously enabled and the freedom of movement of the at least one separating device is advantageously limited by guiding it by at least two rails.The storage space device enables advantageous stability of the guidance and / or fastening of the at least one separating device within the storage space volume thanks to the at least two rails. By designing the storage space device with at least two rails, for example, the guidance devices and / or fastening devices of the at least one separating device can be advantageously designed to be slimmer and / or less stable in relation to a mono-rail solution. A storage space device designed in this way is particularly advantageous because the structural design and arrangement of the at least two rails makes flexible division and use of the storage space device particularly easy thanks to the at least one separating device according to the invention.
[0016] According to a preferred further development of the invention, it can be provided in a storage space device that the storage space device, in particular the at least one rail, comprises a sealing device for at least partially sealing the at least one rail, in particular wherein the sealing device is arranged at least partially between the at least one separating device and the at least one rail. The sealing device according to the invention is preferably designed as a brush device and / or as a rubber lip. The sealing device preferably seals the at least one rail at least partially. The sealing device advantageously enables sealing of the at least one rail and at the same time allows the movement, guidance and / or fastening of the at least one separating device along and / or within the at least one rail.Preferably, the at least one sealing device is arranged laterally and / or beneath the at least one separating device in and / or on the at least one rail. The relative position specifications “laterally” and “beneath” are preferably to be understood with reference to an installation position of the storage space device in a motor vehicle. The sealing device preferably has a metal clamp with corresponding brushes when designed as a brush device. A seal of the at least one rail in general and with respect to the at least one separating device in particular is preferably to be understood as at least an optical seal and further preferably as a physical cover in order to enable an advantageous appearance of the rail and preferably to reduce and / or prevent the penetration of foreign bodies and / or dirt.A storage space device designed in this way is particularly advantageous since the sealing device makes it particularly easy to flexibly divide and use the storage space device by means of the at least one separating device according to the invention.
[0017] According to a preferred further development of the invention, it can be provided in a storage space device that the at least one separating device comprises at least one holding device, wherein the at least one holding device is designed for the locking holding and / or for the guiding movement of the at least one separating device on the at least one rail. The holding device according to the invention is preferably designed as a holding device protruding from a base body of the separating device and / or projecting into the rail. The holding device is designed, for example, as a holding angle, a holding hook and / or holding foot on a base body of the separating device. The separating device can preferably be fastened to the rail in a holding, clamping and / or pressing manner.The locking hold is preferably carried out at least partially automatically, by a spring device of the storage space device and / or by an inclination of the separating device in relation to the at least one rail. The locking hold is preferably designed as a positive and / or non-positive hold. The at least one separating device is preferably guided by the holding device, at least in sections, within the at least one rail. The holding device is preferably guided at least in sections by the at least one rail. Alternatively or additionally, the at least one holding device is preferably dovetail-shaped and / or engages behind the at least one rail in at least one, preferably in two directions, in particular in two opposite directions.A storage device designed in this way is particularly advantageous since the holding device makes it particularly easy to divide and use the storage device flexibly by means of the at least one separating device according to the invention.
[0018] According to a preferred further development of the invention, a storage space device can be provided which comprises at least one separating device and at least one clamping device for clamping the at least one separating device to the at least one rail in a locking manner, wherein the at least one clamping device is movable between a clamping position and a free position, in particular wherein the at least one clamping device comprises a spring device and the at least one spring device applies force to the at least one clamping device in the direction of the free position. Particularly preferably, the clamping device is designed such that the clamping device is moved into the clamping position by the action of the weight of an object placed in the storage space device.To illustrate, the separating device is clamped in a locking manner when a user, for example, inserts a bottle into the storage device, thus securing the position of the separating device. Upon removal of the object, in this case the bottle, the clamping of the separating device is released by the spring device, and the separating device can be moved again. A storage device configured in this way is particularly advantageous because the at least one clamping device enables flexible division and use of the storage device by the at least one separating device according to the invention.
[0019] According to a preferred further development of the invention, it can be provided in a storage space device that the at least one rail comprises at least one removal device, wherein the at least one separating device can be removed from the at least one rail via the at least one removal device. In other words, the removal device enables the detachable connection of the at least one separating device to the at least one rail. A removable separating device advantageously enables the user to use the entire storage space volume as a single volume. Furthermore, a storage space device with a removal device designed in this way enables the user to use other separating devices. The separating devices are preferably designed differently, as described in more detail in the following section.The removal device is preferably designed as a recess in the at least one rail, the storage space floor and / or the storage space wall. The removal of the at least one separating device takes place as a linear, pivoting and / or rotary movement. The removal device is preferably designed to be spring-loaded, force-loaded, movable and / or lockable, so that for the at least one separating device to be removed, the removal device is first opened and / or released. A storage space device designed in this way is particularly advantageous because the at least one removal device enables flexible division and use of the storage space device by the at least one separating device according to the invention in a particularly simple manner.
[0020] According to a preferred further development of the invention, a storage space device can be provided with at least one separating device comprising at least one receiving volume with a removable additional functional device of the storage space device. The receiving volume is accessible from the side and / or from above. The relative position indication "above" is preferably understood to mean opposite the storage space floor. The at least one separating device has at least one receiving volume, for example in the form of a compartment and / or a slot. The receiving volume is preferably accessible when the separating device is arranged in the storage space volume or only accessible when the separating device has been removed from the storage space volume according to the preceding section. The additional functional device according to the invention can be removed from the receiving volume and inserted into the receiving volume.The additional functional device is designed, for example, as an ice scraper, bottle opener, card holder, emergency tool, belt cutter, and / or other additional functional device. A storage device designed in this way is particularly advantageous because the at least one receiving volume with the removable additional functional device enables flexible division and use of the storage device particularly easily thanks to the at least one separating device according to the invention.
[0021] According to a preferred further development of the invention, a storage device can be provided with at least one separating device being designed in at least two parts, in particular with the at least two halves of the at least one separating device being detachably connected to one another. The two halves are preferably connected to one another by means of a positive and / or non-positive connecting device. For example, the two halves are connected to one another by means of a plug-in and / or clip-in connection. The separating device being at least partially removable in this way is particularly advantageous because, on the one hand, almost the entire storage space volume can be used as a single volume. Furthermore, a storage device designed in this way with a two-part separating device enables the user to use other separating devices and / or other upper halves of the separating devices.The separating devices are preferably designed differently and / or have different heights and / or functions. The two halves are preferably designed to be vertically detachable from one another and / or detachable from one another along a horizontal separating plane. A storage device designed in this way is particularly advantageous because the two-part separating device enables flexible division and use of the storage device particularly easily thanks to the at least one separating device according to the invention.
[0022] According to a second aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by a motor vehicle having at least one storage device according to the first aspect. The described motor vehicle offers all the advantages already described for the storage device according to the first aspect of the invention.
[0023] A storage device according to the invention and a motor vehicle are explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. They show schematically: Fig. 1 in a perspective view a storage device with two rails and a separating device, Fig. 2 in a side view a storage device with two rails and a separating device, Fig. 3 in a side view a storage device with a rail and a separating device, Fig. 4 in a perspective view a storage device with two rails and two separating devices, Fig. 5 in a perspective view two storage devices with and without an inserted separating device, Fig. 6 in a perspective view a lower half of a two-part separating device with two holding devices, Fig. 7 in a perspective view a separating device with two holding devices and an additional function device, and Fig. 8 shows a side view of a motor vehicle with a storage device.
[0024] Elements with the same function and mode of action are listed in the Fig. 1 to 8 are each provided with the same reference numerals.
[0025] In Fig. 1 schematically shows a perspective view of a storage device 10 with two rails 40 and a separating device 30. The storage device 10 comprises a schematically illustrated storage space volume 20 that is open on one side and the separating device 30. The storage space volume 20 is delimited by a circumferential storage space wall 22 of the storage device 10 and a storage space floor 24 of the storage device 10, wherein the separating device 30 is arranged within the storage space volume 20 for spatially separating the storage space volume 20. The storage device 10 comprises the two rails 40, wherein the separating device 30 is movable along the two rails 40 and is connected to the two rails 40 in a guiding manner. The two rails 40 are arranged in the storage space floor 24, wherein the two rails 40 are arranged in a recess in the storage space floor 24. The two rails 40 are arranged parallel and in a common plane within the storage volume 20.The separating device 30 comprises two holding devices 32, wherein the two holding devices 32 are designed for locking and guiding the separating device 30 on the two rails 40. The two rails 40 each comprise a removal device 44, wherein the separating device 30 can be removed from the two rails 40 via the removal devices 44.
[0026] In Fig. 2 shows a schematic side view of a storage device 10 with two rails 40 and a separating device 30. The storage device 10 comprises a schematically illustrated storage volume 20 that is open on one side and the separating device 30. The separating device 30 is arranged within the storage volume 20 for spatially separating the storage volume 20. The storage device 10 comprises the two rails 40, wherein the separating device 30 is movable along the two rails 40 and is connected to the two rails 40 in a guiding manner. The two rails 40 are arranged in the storage space floor 24, wherein the two rails 40 are arranged in a recess in the storage space floor 24. The separating device 30 comprises two holding devices 32, wherein the two holding devices 32 are designed for locking and for guiding the separating device 30 on the two rails 40.The storage device 10 comprises two sealing devices 42 for sealing the two rails 40 in sections.
[0027] In Fig. Figure 3 shows a schematic side view of a storage device 10 with a rail 40 and a separating device 30. The storage device 10 comprises a rail 40, wherein the separating device 30 is movable along the rail 40 and is connected to the rail 40 in a guiding manner. The rail 40 is arranged in a recess in the storage space floor 24. The separating device 30 comprises a holding device 32 for locking and guiding the separating device 30 on the rail 40. The storage device 10 comprises a sealing device 42 for sealing the rail 40 in sections.
[0028] In Fig. Figure 4 shows a schematic perspective view of a storage device 10 with two rails 40 and two dividers 30. The two rails 40 are arranged in the storage space floor 24. The two dividers 30 comprise clamping devices 36 for locking the dividers 30 to the rails 40, wherein the clamping devices 36 are movable between a clamped position and a free position. The clamping devices 36 each comprise a spring device 38 which applies force to the respective clamping device 36 in the direction of the free position. The dividers 30 each comprise a receiving volume 34. The left receiving volume 34 is designed as an open compartment. The right receiving volume 34 is designed as a slot with a removable additional function device 50 of the storage device 10. The two dividers 30 are designed in two parts.The two halves of the two separating devices 30 are detachably connected to each other, here plugged in.
[0029] In Fig. 5 shows a schematic perspective view of two storage devices 10. A separating device 30 is inserted into the left-hand storage device 10. The right-hand storage device 10 is shown without a separating device 30. The two storage devices 10 correspond to one another, with the exception that the right-hand storage device 10 does not include a separating device 30 for illustrative purposes, or rather, the separating device 30 has been removed and is not shown. The separating device 30 is designed in two parts, with only the lower half of the separating device 30 being shown for clarity. The storage devices 10 each comprise two rails 40. The separating device 30 of the left-hand storage device 10 is movable along the two corresponding rails 40 and is guided and detachably connected to the two rails 40. The two rails 40 are arranged in the storage space floor 24, wherein the two rails 40 are arranged in a recess in the storage space floor 24.The two rails 40 are arranged parallel and in a common plane within the storage space 20 (not shown). The separating device 30 comprises two holding devices 32, wherein the two holding devices 32 are designed for locking and guiding the movement of the separating device 30 on the two rails 40. The two holding devices 32 engage behind the two rails 40 in sections. The four rails 40 each comprise a removal device 44, wherein the separating device 30 can be rotatably removed from the two rails 40 via the two removal devices 44 of the corresponding two rails 40. The rotatable removal is indicated by dashed lines for the left-hand separating device 30.
[0030] In Fig. Figure 6 shows a schematic perspective view of a lower half of a two-part separating device 30 with two holding devices 32. The separating device 30 is designed in two parts, with only the lower half of the separating device 30 being shown for clarity. The two halves can be clamped together. The two holding devices 32 are designed to lock and guide the separating device 30 on two rails 40 (not shown).
[0031] In Fig. Figure 7 shows a schematic perspective view of a separating device 30 with two holding devices 32 and an additional function device 50. The additional function device 50 is designed as a receiving device for a removable flat bottle opener. The two holding devices 32 are designed to lock and guide the separating device 30 along two rails 40 (not shown).
[0032] In Fig. 8 schematically shows a side view of a motor vehicle 100 with a storage device 10. List of reference symbols 10 Storage device 20 storage space volume 22 Storage wall 24 storage floor 30 Separator 32 Holding device 34 recording volume 36 clamping device 38 Spring device 40 rail 42 Sealing device 44 Removal device 50 Additional function device 100 motor vehicles
Claims
[1] Storage space device (10) for a motor vehicle (100), the storage space device (10) comprising a storage space volume (20) open at least on one side and at least one separating device (30), wherein the storage space volume (20) is delimited by at least one storage space wall (22) of the storage space device (10) and a storage space floor (24) of the storage space device (10), wherein the at least one separating device (30) is arranged for at least partially spatially separating the storage space volume (20) within the storage space volume (20), wherein the storage space device (10) comprises at least one rail (40) and wherein the at least one separating device (30) is movable along the at least one rail (40) and is connected to the at least one rail (40) in a guiding and detachable manner, characterized by that the at least one rail (40) comprises a sealing device (42) for at least partially sealing the at least one rail (40). [2] Storage device (10) according to claim 1, characterized by that the at least one rail (40) is arranged in the storage space floor (24) and / or in the at least one storage space wall (22), in particular wherein the at least one rail (40) is arranged in a recess in the storage space floor (24) and / or the at least one storage space wall (22). [3] Storage device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the storage space device (10) comprises at least two rails (40), in particular wherein the at least two rails (40) are arranged at least partially parallel, in a common plane and / or in two planes arranged at an angle to one another within the storage space volume (20). [4] Storage device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the sealing device (42) is arranged at least in sections between the at least one separating device (30) and the at least one rail (40). [5] Storage device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the at least one separating device (30) comprises at least one holding device (32), wherein the at least one holding device (32) is designed for locking and / or for guiding the movement of the at least one separating device (30) on the at least one rail (40). [6] Storage device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by, the at least one separating device (30) comprises at least one clamping device (36) for lockingly clamping the at least one separating device (30) to the at least one rail (40), wherein the at least one clamping device (36) is movable between a clamping position and a free position, in particular wherein the at least one clamping device (36) comprises a spring device (38) and the at least one spring device (38) applies force to the at least one clamping device (36) in the direction of the free position. [7] Storage device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized byin that the at least one rail (40) comprises at least one removal device (44), wherein the at least one separating device (30) can be removed from the at least one rail (40) via the at least one removal device (44), in particular wherein the at least one removal device (44) and / or the rail (40) is designed for the rotatable, pivotable and / or linear removal of the at least one separating device (30) from the at least one rail (40). [8] Storage device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the at least one separating device (30) comprises at least one receiving volume (34) with a removable additional function device (50) of the storage space device (10). [9] Storage device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the at least one separating device (30) is designed in at least two parts, in particular wherein the at least two halves of the at least one separating device (30) are detachably connected to one another. [10] Motor vehicle (100) comprising at least one storage device (10) according to one of the preceding claims.
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