US 12,187,229 B2
Center console structure for vehicle
Naohiro Sera, Aki-gun (JP); Osamu Ueda, Aki-gun (JP); Narumi Nahara, Aki-gun (JP); Kouji Furukawa, Aki-gun (JP); Shohei Kuroda, Aki-gun (JP); and Hiroshi Ohno, Aki-gun (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/527,169.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-212451 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194283 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 7/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC B60R 7/04 (2013.01) [B60N 2/793 (2018.02); B60R 11/0241 (2013.01); B60N 3/00 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0007 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A center console structure for a vehicle, comprising:
a console body that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction in a vehicle cabin;
an armrest that is arranged on a vehicle upper side of said console body; and
a power supply section that wirelessly transmits electric power to a mobile terminal via a placement surface on which the mobile terminal is placed, wherein
an upper surface of the console body includes a terminal accommodation section that has the placement surface and is arranged on a vehicle lower side of the armrest, and a top plate section that is provided with an operation section accepting an occupant's operation and is arranged on a vehicle front side of the terminal accommodation section,
in a perpendicular cross section along a vehicle front-rear direction, a virtual linear line that connects a rear end of the operation section and a front end of the armrest is set as a first virtual linear line,
a substantially vertical virtual linear line that passes a position separated to the vehicle front side from the front end of the armrest by a specified distance or a front end position of the armrest is set as a second virtual linear line,
a range surrounded by the first virtual linear line, the second virtual linear line, and the upper surface of the console body is set as a virtual area, and
in the perpendicular cross section along the vehicle front-rear direction, the terminal accommodation section includes a positioning portion positioning the mobile terminal such that a front end of the mobile terminal is located in the virtual area, the mobile terminal having a terminal width that is a length along a substantially parallel direction to the placement surface and is equal to or longer than 67 mm and equal to or shorter than 84 mm.