US 12,409,764 B2
Armrest assembly with internal motion damper
Zhengda Mao, Shanghai (CN); Mingzhe Zhao, Shanghai (CN); and Yili Wu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed by Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/210,109.
Claims priority of application No. 202210680490.9 (CN), filed on Jun. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406183 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/70 (2006.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01); F16F 9/14 (2006.01); A47C 7/54 (2006.01); A61G 5/12 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/757 (2018.02) [F16F 9/145 (2013.01); A47C 7/543 (2013.01); A61G 5/125 (2016.11); B64D 11/0644 (2014.12)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An armrest assembly comprising:
an armrest body that defines an interior space;
a first shaft that extends from a first side of the armrest body along an armrest axis and is attached to the armrest body for relative rotational movement about the armrest axis;
a second shaft that extends from a second side of the armrest body along the armrest axis and is attached to the armrest body for relative rotational movement about the armrest axis; and
a rotational damper located in the interior space of the armrest body, the rotational damper including a first damper part and a second damper part attached to the first damper part for relative rotational movement,
wherein the first damper part is fixed to the first shaft, and the second damper part is fixed to the armrest body.