US 12,227,985 B2
Damping apparatus
Florian Düll, Röttingen (DE); and Christian Statt, Würzburg (DE)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,366.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 130 287.0 (DE), filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160249 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. E05F 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 5/08 (2013.01) [E05Y 2201/212 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/538 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A damping apparatus for glove compartments, comprising:
an elastic element configured so as to be stretched by a relative movement of first and second components that are movable in relation to one another, whereby a damping effect of the relative movement of the first and second components is produced;
a stopping apparatus configured so as to contact the elastic element during the relative movement of the first and second components causing the elastic element to deform such that, from a start of the contact, a change is produced in the damping effect caused by the elastic element;
wherein the elastic element is a rubber elastic band that is bendable and linearly stretchable, wherein a portion of the rubber elastic band that contacts the stopping apparatus is bendable and linearly stretchable.