US 12,115,892 B2
Apparatus for adjusting position of armrest having control panel for vehicle
Ki Ryung Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Seung Young Lee, Seoul (KR); Sang Ho Kim, Incheon (KR); Eom Seok Yoo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jae Sung Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Yong Seong Jang, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Hyundai Transys Inc., Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,546.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0161475 (KR), filed on Nov. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158932 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/75 (2018.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/77 (2018.02) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/767 (2018.02); B60N 2/773 (2018.02); B60N 2/797 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
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1. An apparatus for adjusting a position of an armrest having a control panel for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a stationary frame mounted on a side member of a seat cushion;
an ascending and descending frame mounted on the stationary frame in a manner that is enabled to ascend and descend;
an armrest frame mounted on a rear portion of the top of the ascending and descending frame;
a trailer having a structure where a control panel is installed on the top thereof, and mounted on a front portion of the top of the ascending and descending frame in such a manner that a position in the backward-forward direction of the trailer and a slope thereof are adjustable; and
a drive device mounted on the stationary frame and operatively connected to the ascending and descending frame, driving the ascending and descending frame for ascending and descending, and at the same time adjusting the position in the backward-forward direction of the trailer and the slope thereof.