US 12,187,231 B2
Cover assembly and storage compartment therefor
Martin Stuiber, Stulln (DE); Aly Kone, Roethenbach a. d. Pegnitz (DE); and Matthias Wagner, Hahnbach (DE)
Assigned to GRAMMER AG, Ursensollen (DE)
Filed by Martin Stuiber, Stulln (DE); Aly Kone, Roethenbach a. d. Pegnitz (DE); and Matthias Wagner, Hahnbach (DE)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,158.
Claims priority of application No. 102021117727.8 (DE), filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009545 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 7/04 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover assembly comprising:
a base;
a first cover part and a second cover part each movable relative to the base about a respective pivot axis between a closed position and an open position;
respective first and second torsion springs mounted on respective pivot pins, biasing the cover parts into the respective open positions, and each having one leg supported on the base and another leg braced against the respective cover part;
a latch for holding the cover parts in the closed positions and shiftable between a latching position and a release position;
an adjuster for setting the biasing of at least one of the springs and having a support for the one leg of the one spring that is on the base or the cover part, that is pivotal on the respective pivot pin, and that is formed with a slot through which the respective pivot pin engages;
a locking formation on the support;
a counterlocking formation detachably engageable with the locking formation in different relative positions such that different spring tensions can be set; and
a support formation on the support and on which the one leg of the one spring is supportable.