US 12,145,658 B2
Space utilization apparatus for mobility
Dong Eun Cha, Gyeonggi-Do (KR); Sang Heon Lee, Seoul (KR); and Jin Ho Hwang, Chungcheongnam-Do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,597.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0104838 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044597 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 33/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/32 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/04 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02 (2013.01); B60N 2/3031 (2013.01); B60N 2/32 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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17. A space utilization apparatus for a vehicle, the space utilization apparatus comprising:
the vehicle including an internal wall surface and a cabin space formed in a direction facing the internal wall surface; and
a variable mechanism provided along the internal wall surface, and including a plurality of panels,
wherein among the plurality of panels, a panel is slidably connected to the internal wall surface, and remaining panels are rotatably connected to the panel so that a shape of the variable mechanism is transformed according to a rotational position of each remaining panel so as to implement a given function,
wherein the panel of the variable mechanism includes an upper panel having a first end portion slidably provided on the internal wall surface, and
wherein the remining panels of the variable mechanism include:
a middle panel including a first end portion rotatably connected to a second end portion of the upper panel; and
a lower panel including a first end portion rotatably connected to a second end portion of the middle panel and a second end portion rotatably provided on the internal wall surface or a bottom surface of the vehicle,
wherein the variable mechanism is transformed into a shape for implementing a storage as the upper panel slides downward and rotates toward the cabin space, the lower panel rotates toward the cabin space, and the middle panel moves toward the cabin space to form a storage space thereinside, and
wherein a clamping mechanism for fixing an additional vehicle is provided inside the middle panel.