US 12,122,315 B2
Table device for vehicle
Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,930.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-068668 (JP), filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331182 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/055 (2006.01); B60N 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/055 (2013.01) [B60N 3/001 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A table device for a vehicle, the table device being provided between seats arranged in a vehicle cabin so as to be aligned in a vehicle front-rear direction, the table device comprising:
a table main body, an object being able to be placed on an upper surface of the table main body; and
a pop-out suppression unit for suppressing the object from popping out from the table main body when an acceleration is generated in the object, causing the object to pop out from the table main body toward a front side or a rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction, wherein:
the seats are configured such that occupants sit facing each other in the vehicle front-rear direction;
the pop-out suppression unit includes a plate-shaped shield portion that is provided on a lower side of the table main body and that is movable toward the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction at an acceleration equivalent to an acceleration of the object, by an inertial force during a sudden braking or a front collision;
the shield portion is made of a member having a first elasticity on an upper surface side and a member having a second elasticity on a lower surface side, the second elasticity is greater than the first elasticity, and is configured to bend toward the upper surface side when a tensile force is applied to the lower surface side and to return to a straight line shape when the tensile force is released; and
a front end portion of the table main body is provided with a guide portion that guides the shield portion upward while applying a tensile force to the lower surface side of the shield portion that is moving forward in the vehicle front-rear direction.