US 12,304,276 B2
Slidable central console unit with air outlets connected to telescopic air duct
Valentin Maier, Ispringen (DE); Christoph Menzel, Stuttgart (DE); Bernd Plocher, Rottenburg (DE); and Benno Stamp, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Daimler AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/608,047
Filed by Daimler AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/060518
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/221585, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 003 117.2 (DE), filed on May 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0227202 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00542 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00528 (2013.01); B60H 1/00535 (2013.01); B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); B60R 7/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A central console unit (2) of a vehicle (1), comprising:
a first partial unit (2.1) that is fixedly connectable to the vehicle (1); and
a second partial unit (2.2) shiftably connected in relation to the first partial unit (2.1) to the first partial unit (2.1);
wherein the first partial unit (2.1) has a first air guiding arrangement (5) that is connectable to an air-conditioning device of the vehicle (1);
wherein the second partial unit (2.2) has a second air guiding arrangement (6) which is shiftably connected to the first air guiding arrangement (5) along the first air guiding arrangement (5) to form an air guide through the second partial unit (2.2);
wherein the second partial unit (2.2) forms a central console of the vehicle (1);
wherein a section of the second air guiding arrangement (6) that is shiftable along the first air guiding arrangement (5) and a section of the first air guiding arrangement (5) along which the second air guiding arrangement (6) is shiftable form a shifting guide for shifting the second partial unit (2.2) in relation to the first partial unit (2.1) and also for supporting the second partial unit (2.2) forming the central console in relation to the first partial unit (2.1);
wherein the shifting guide is integrated with the air guide such that both the air guide and the shifting guide are implemented by the section of the second air guiding arrangement (6) that is shiftable along the first air guiding arrangement (5) and the section of the first air guiding arrangement (5) along which the second air guiding arrangement (6) is shiftable;
wherein the first air guiding arrangement (5) has a first air guiding pipe (8), wherein the second air guiding arrangement (6) has a second air guiding pipe (9) which is shiftably connected to the first air guiding pipe (8) along the first air guiding pipe (8), wherein the second air guiding pipe (9) is shiftable along the first air guiding pipe (8) in a direction toward a front of the vehicle (1) beyond a front-most end of the second partial unit (2.2) that forms the central console of the vehicle (1) and beyond a rear-most end of an instrument panel (4) of the vehicle (1), wherein the first air guiding pipe (8) of the first air guiding arrangement (5) and the second air guiding pipe (9) of the second air guiding arrangement (6) are disposed below a portion of the second partial unit (2.2) that forms the central console such that the first air guiding pipe (8) and the second air guiding pipe (9) support the portion of the second partial unit (2.2) that forms the central console and form the shifting guide and the air guide, and wherein an air guiding channel (11) is connected to the second air guiding pipe (9) and extends from below the portion of the second partial unit (2.2) that forms the central console up through the portion of the second partial unit (2.2) that forms the central console.