Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Enclosed compartment
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-16
2007-01-16
Gutman, H (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Enclosed compartment
Reexamination Certificate
active
10904386
ABSTRACT:
A center console for an automobile includes an armrest that is selectively adjustable by vehicle occupants to and between a first position wherein the armrest is in a substantially horizontal orientation, and a second position wherein the armrest extends angularly away from the console. The console further includes a controllable damper coupled to the armrest and actuable between high and low damping states. In the low damping state, the armrest may be selectively placed at any position desired by the vehicle occupants. When the damper is actuated to the high damping state, the damper maintains the selected position of the armrest.
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Adams Robert J
Cass Michael W
DePue Todd L
Shaner Kenneth William Paul
Gutman H
Lear Corporation
Wood,Herron & Evans,LLP
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