US 11,964,600 B2
Vehicle with a removable armrest and method
Juan Filipe Brito Figueira, Salvador (BR); Guilherme Novaes Gomes Lima, Salvador (BR); and Leandro Quinelato, Salvador (BR)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,777.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249597 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/75 (2018.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); E05D 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/79 (2018.02) [E05D 3/02 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0007 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/538 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a vehicle armrest, comprising:
positioning an armrest member on a body;
actuating an input device configured to communicate with a controller;
unlocking a locking mechanism disposed within a latch receiver coupled to the body;
decoupling a latch coupled to the armrest member from the latch receiver;
rotating the armrest member about a hinge receiver defined on the body from a first position to a second position;
translating the armrest member generally upward from the second position to a third position, wherein a hinge feature that is defined on the armrest is decoupled from the hinge receiver in the third position;
translating the armrest member generally downward from the third position to the second position, wherein the hinge feature is coupled to the hinge receiver in the second position;
rotating the armrest member about the hinge receiver from the second position to the first position;
coupling the latch to the latch receiver; and
locking the locking mechanism disposed within the latch receiver.