WO2024032950A1

WO2024032950A1 - Interior fittings arrangement for an interior of a vehicle and vehicle

Info

Publication number: WO2024032950A1
Application number: PCT/EP2023/065878
Authority: WO
Inventors: Dominik STAAB; Roland Weber; Heiko Kuhlmann; Markus DÄSCH
Original assignee: Audi Ag
Priority date: 2022-08-09
Filing date: 2023-06-14
Publication date: 2024-02-15
Also published as: DE102022119960B3

Abstract

The invention relates to an interior fittings arrangement (1) for an interior of a vehicle, comprising a storage element (4) providing a substantially horizontal rest and storage area (5), and an out-flow element, wherein, in order to provide a directed utility air flow (16), the out-flow element has a first out-flow opening (9), in particular provided on a rear edge of the rest and storage area (5) and having at least one, in particular at least substantially horizontal first air out-flow direction (10) pointing over the rest and storage area (5), and a second out-flow opening (11), in particular provided at least on a front edge of the rest and storage area (5) and having at least one second air out-flow direction (12) deviating from the first air out-flow direction (10), in particular the horizontal, in particular at least partially pointing upwards, wherein air flows exiting from the first and the second out-flow opening (9, 11) hit one another, depending on the air out-flow directions (10, 12), to form the utility air flow (16), and the out-flow element also has an adjusting device (13) for adjusting a flow strength from the out-flow openings (9, 11) and thereby a flow direction (15) of the utility air flow (16).

Description

Interior arrangement for an interior of a vehicle and vehicle

DESCRIPTION:

The invention relates to an interior equipment arrangement for an interior of a vehicle, comprising a storage element providing an at least substantially horizontal storage surface and an vent. The invention also relates to a vehicle.

An increasing number of controls and display devices are being installed in the interiors of modern vehicles, in particular motor vehicles such as passenger cars and in aircraft and rail vehicles, for example in the area above a center console. Display devices and operating elements can be implemented in an integrated form with particular advantage as touchscreens. For such touchscreens, it has also been proposed to provide a palm rest below the touchscreen in order to increase ease of use.

In addition to such palm rests, other types of storage surfaces, for example tables or the like, have also been proposed for the interior of vehicles. These can be used, for example, to put something down or something similar. In other exemplary embodiments, a storage area can also be designed as a pure design area with a particularly optical function.

With the increasing number of controls, display devices and, in particular, storage areas assigned to them, the Installation space for other components of the vehicle to be accommodated in the interior paneling is reduced. Such components include, in particular, vents for air, which can be assigned, for example, to an interior air conditioning system of the vehicle. Particularly in the area of the instrument panel, especially above the center console, where vents were previously often provided, there cannot be enough space left for a conventional vent, since vents based on adjustable air guide elements in particular require a larger installation space. In this context, storage elements that provide storage areas can prove to be problematic, for example because an outflow outlet arranged below the same could be blocked in its outflow area by the storage element.

FR 3 078 291 A1 describes a ventilation device for a vehicle, which comprises an extendable cylinder with at least one air outlet opening, wherein a flat surface, which forms the upper end of the cylinder, can form a small table when the cylinder is retracted.

WO 2022/086523 A1 describes a tray table arranged on the back of a passenger seat, which can also have an operating device. An air outlet assigned to the tray table can also be operated using the operating device.

The invention is based on the object of providing a space-saving and/or flexible option for implementing an vent in an interior of a vehicle.

To solve this problem, in an interior arrangement of the type mentioned at the outset, it is provided according to the invention that the vent has a first outflow opening, in particular provided on a rear edge of the shelf, with at least one, in particular at least essentially horizontally, pointing over the shelf to provide a directed flow of useful air first air outflow direction and a second, in particular at least on a front edge of the storage surface provided outflow opening with at least one second air outflow direction that deviates from the first air outflow direction, in particular the horizontal, in particular at least partially pointing upwards, wherein air flows emanating from the first and the second outflow opening meet one another in accordance with the air outflow directions to form the useful air flow and the The vent also has an adjusting device for adjusting a flow strength from the outflow openings and thus a flow direction of the useful air flow.

According to the invention, it is therefore proposed to ultimately integrate the vent into the shelf formed by the storage element without restricting the provision of a storage area or having to accept a large increase in the storage area. For this purpose, a clever arrangement of two narrow, in particular slot-like, outflow openings is proposed, which nevertheless enable the adjustment of a flow direction of a useful air flow by having different outflow directions with respect to the vertical, so that depending on the flow strength of the individual air flows when the air flows collide, a corresponding flow direction is formed of the useful air flow, which lies with respect to the vertical between the at least one, for example at least essentially horizontal, first air outflow direction and the at least one second, in particular having a vertical component and / or at least partially pointing upwards, second air outflow direction. If only the first outflow opening is operated, in a first limit case there is a useful air flow in the at least one first air outflow direction, i.e. in particular at least essentially horizontally, while if only the second outflow opening is operated to eject air, in the second limit case there is a useful air flow in which results in at least one second air outflow direction, which can in particular be directed upwards, since portions of occupants that often require cooling and/or heating, for example the head, are located above the storage surface. The outflow openings can in particular be designed as narrow slots, with the first outflow opening preferably extending along the horizontal with the wide side and having a small height with the narrow side. At least part of the second outflow opening can be arranged parallel to this at the front end of the storage surface, while the first outflow opening is provided at the rear end of the storage surface. The rear edge can, for example, be the one to which an at least partially vertically extending interior lining element of the vehicle and/or a display device, for example a display, in particular a touchscreen, is connected.

In other words, with the vent integrated into the shelf, two air streams, which can also be referred to as air jets, are used, one of which sweeps over the top of the shelf, but the other, preferably steeply upwards, from at least the front of the shelf subsequent outflow opening. As a result, the air flows having different air outflow directions with respect to the vertical cross each other and a flow direction of the useful air flow results in accordance with the relative flow strengths.

The use of narrow vents and the use of the already predetermined storage area geometry, with the outflow openings being distributed at the edges of the storage area, provides a small solution that allows integration, although if the storage area is sufficiently wide it is also conceivable to have two or more Integrate air vents into the shelf. The approach can be applied to a wide variety of types of storage surfaces, in addition to tables and/or palm rests, also to other smooth, in particular at least essentially horizontal, areas of the interior paneling, for example design surfaces.

The vehicle can be, for example, a motor vehicle such as a passenger car, but the invention can also be used advantageously in aircraft and/or rail vehicles, for example, in larger interior spaces for a large number of passengers as occupants.

The second outflow opening is preferably directed upwards relative to the vertical, as already mentioned, so that it can usually also be arranged lower than the first outflow opening. For example, it is conceivable to provide the first outflow opening above the, in particular, horizontal plane of the storage surface, for example at least essentially immediately adjacent to the storage surface. The second outflow opening can be provided slightly below the, in particular, horizontal plane of the storage surface, for example in an oblique or step-like section provided at least at the front edge of the storage surface. It is fundamentally preferred if the second air outflow direction points as steeply upward as possible when the first air outflow direction is at least essentially horizontal, in particular at least essentially vertically, that is, perpendicular to the storage surface. In this way, a variety of flow directions for the useful air flow can be set. In other embodiments, however, it is also conceivable to have the second air outflow direction point only slightly upwards, for example in order to be able to meet design requirements.

Preferably, the outflow openings can be fed from a common supply channel, which is divided into two sub-channels each assigned to an outflow opening. The vent can be connected via the supply channel to a corresponding source for, in particular, warm and/or cold air of an interior air conditioning system of the vehicle. For example, the adjusting device can then be designed in such a way that it divides a total flow intensity arriving through the feed channel between the two sub-channels and thus the first and second outflow openings. This allows a particularly simple adjustment of a flow direction of the useful air flow, which can also be addressed mechanically and/or coupled to a manually operable control element. For example, it can be provided that the adjustment device, in particular comprising at least one air flap, is arranged at the division into the sub-channels is. An air flap can therefore be used, for example, which is coupled to a controllable actuator and/or a manually operated control element and, depending on the position, divides the total flow strength of the supply channel between the sub-channels and thus the outflow openings. It should be noted at this point that other configurations of the adjusting device are of course also conceivable, for example those in which the outflow openings and/or partial channels are each assigned their own, for example valve-like, adjusting means.

In order to achieve a particularly simple structure and a particularly high degree of integration, it can be provided that a first partial channel leads to the top of the storage element and a second partial channel leads underneath the storage element to a front edge of the storage element. In this way, the air flows around the storage element in the partial channels, so to speak, with the air flows meeting again at the front of the storage element and forming the useful air flow. It can be particularly advantageously provided that the wall of the partial channels is at least partially formed by the storage element. The storage element can, for example, be designed as a molded part, so that the desired course of the partial channels results and ultimately the desired air outflow directions arise when flowing around the storage body.

It is also particularly advantageous if the storage surface has the rear edge, the front edge and at least two side edges, with the second outlet opening extending continuously along the front edge and at least partially along at least one side edge. This means that the side edges can also be used at least partially to provide the second outflow opening. This results in the advantage that in a simplified manner, when adjusting the flow direction with respect to the vertical, with respect to the plane of the storage surface, in particular the horizontal, an outflow fan can be realized, which also allows part of the useful air flow to the side. In such a configuration, the first outflow opening can for example, by a funnel-shaped extension of the partial channel towards the first outflow opening, can be designed in such a way that an air fan is created that grazes horizontally over the storage surface and which responds to the air flow of the second outflow opening both at the front edge of the storage surface and, if provided, on the side edges meets and can produce a suitable, desired flow direction there, which of course can basically be chosen differently on the side than in the front area.

As already mentioned, the storage element can in particular be a table and/or a palm rest. A palm rest is particularly advantageous in connection with a control element, in particular a touchscreen, although such tables and/or palm rests can also be provided in other display devices. Furthermore, the storage area can also be a design area.

It can therefore be provided that the interior equipment arrangement further comprises a display device, in particular a display and / or a touchscreen, which adjoins the storage surface in an at least partially vertical orientation at the rear, the first outflow opening being between the lower edge of the display device and the rear edge the storage area extends. A particularly useful embodiment results when a touchscreen is provided as the display device, for which a palm rest is often provided in order to increase ease of use, the storage area of which extends in front of the touchscreen. The outflow openings, which are designed in particular as narrow slots, can be easily integrated into this overall design by providing the first outflow opening between the touchscreen and the storage surface, aligned horizontally, while the second outflow opening is provided at least at the front edge slightly below the storage surface, in particular the storage surface is at least partially also running around the side. In this way, even if a building site previously intended for an air vent can now be used by a display device, in particular a Touchscreen, is occupied, the vent can also be integrated in this area in a space-saving manner by making a corresponding design of the shelf, as proposed according to the invention.

It is also conceivable that the storage area serves as a design area with a primarily optical function. This can be advantageously combined with the placement of the outflow openings, which acts as a design feature. Design surfaces can also be inclined at a certain angle from the horizontal, which enables the vent to be implemented even in more inclined areas.

In addition to the interior equipment arrangement, the present invention also relates to a vehicle having at least one interior equipment arrangement of the type according to the invention. The vehicle can in particular be a motor vehicle, for example a passenger car. All statements regarding the interior arrangement according to the invention can be transferred analogously to the vehicle according to the invention, so that the advantages already mentioned can also be achieved with this.

In particular, it can be provided that at least one of the at least one interior equipment arrangement is arranged on or above a center console of the vehicle. There is often a conflict between vents and operating elements/display devices, in particular touchscreens, which can be resolved according to the invention by integrating the vent in a shelf, in particular a palm rest. In principle, the interior equipment arrangement can of course also be provided in other positions of the vehicle, for example on the side of the instrument panel, in doors and the like.

The interior trim arrangement can connect to an at least partially vertical rear interior trim element. In this context, it is also conceivable that, for example, the feed channel through the Interior cladding element is guided to the storage element attached to the interior cladding element, wherein the display device, in particular the touchscreen, can also be provided on the interior cladding element towards the shelf.

Further advantages and details of the present invention emerge from the exemplary embodiments described below and from the drawing. Show:

1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an interior arrangement according to the invention,

Fig. 2 is a top view of the interior arrangement,

Fig. 3 is a perspective partial view of the interior arrangement according to the invention, and

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a vehicle according to the invention.

1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an interior trim arrangement 1 according to the invention. This has a touchscreen 3 as a display device 2, to which a storage element 4 is assigned, the horizontal storage surface 5 of which forms a palm rest to increase the ease of use when operating the touchscreen 3. An vent is integrated into the shelf formed in this way, to which air is supplied through a supply channel 6. On the storage element 4, the feed channel 6 is divided into sub-channels 7, 8, with the sub-channel 7 leading to a first outflow opening 9, which, in the form of a slot, is located between the lower edge of the touchscreen 3 and the rear edge of the storage surface 5, defining it , extends in such a way that a horizontal first air outflow direction 10 results along the storage surface 5. In other words, air emerging from the first outlet opening 9 passes over the storage surface 5. The second partial channel 8 leads below the storage element 4 along to a second outlet opening 11, from which the air emerges at least partially upwards in a second air outflow direction 12, approximately vertically in the present exemplary embodiment. Some of the walls of the sub-channels 7, 8 are formed by the storage element 4 itself.

In the division area into the sub-channels 7, 8, an adjusting device 13 is arranged, which can include, for example, an air flap 14 and via which the flow strengths into the sub-channels 7, 8 and thus to the outflow openings 9, 11 can be adjusted relative to one another. Depending on the ratio of the flow strengths, there is a flow direction 15 of the useful air flow 16, which corresponds to one of the air outflow directions 10, 12 in extreme cases or to a direction in between.

The setting device 13 can, for example, be coupled to a manually operated control element (not shown) or also to a controllable actuator (not shown). The supply duct 6 is connected to an air source of an interior air conditioning system of the vehicle in which the interior trim assembly 1 is arranged.

2 shows a schematic top view of the interior equipment arrangement 1, the first outlet opening 9 being marked here only by an arrow 17 indicating an air outlet.

As can be seen, the second outlet opening 11 is not only provided on the front edge 19 of the storage surface 5, but also at least partially covers the side edges 18 all around. The second outlet opening 11 is also designed like a slot. In such a configuration, the first partial channel 7 can widen like a funnel to the slot-like first outlet opening 9 in order to allow a horizontal air fan or outflow fan to emerge, the side parts of which then also interact with the air emerging from the second outlet opening 11 at the side edges 18 can to adjust the flow direction 15 as desired, whereby the flow direction 15 at the front edge 19 can certainly differ from the flow direction at the side edges 18.

3 shows a schematic perspective view of the interior equipment arrangement 1, in which the first outlet opening 9 at the rear edge of the storage surface 5 can be clearly seen with its slot-like shape.

Finally, Fig. 4 shows a schematic principle sketch of a vehicle 20 according to the invention, which also has a center console 22 as part of an instrument panel 21, in or above which an interior trim arrangement 1 according to the invention is installed. Their vent is connected via the supply channel 6 to an air source in an interior air conditioning system 23 of the vehicle 20.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS:

1 . Interior equipment arrangement (1) for an interior of a vehicle (20), comprising a storage element (4) providing an at least substantially horizontal storage surface (5) and an vent, characterized in that the vent has a first, Outflow opening (9) provided in particular on a rear edge of the storage surface (5) with at least one first air outflow direction (10) pointing, in particular at least essentially horizontally, over the storage surface (5) and a second, in particular at least on a front edge (19 ) the storage surface (5) provided outflow opening (11) with at least one second air outflow direction (12) which deviates from the first air outflow direction (10), in particular the horizontal, in particular at least partially pointing upwards, from the first and the second outflow opening (9, 11) outgoing air flows meet each other according to the air outflow directions (10, 12) to form the useful air flow (16) and the vent also has an adjusting device (13) for adjusting a flow strength from the outflow openings (9, 11) and thus a Flow direction (15) of the useful air flow (16).

2. Interior equipment arrangement (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the outflow openings (9, 11) are fed from a common supply channel (6), which is divided into two sub-channels (7, 8) each assigned to an outflow opening (9, 11). divides.

3. Interior equipment arrangement (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the adjusting device (13), in particular comprising at least one air flap (14), is arranged at the division into the sub-channels (7, 8). Interior equipment arrangement (1) according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that a first sub-channel (7, 8) leads to the top of the storage element (4) and a second sub-channel (7, 8) below the storage element (4) along to a front side Edge (19) of the storage element (4) leads and / or that the wall of the partial channels (7, 8) is at least partially formed by the storage element (4). Interior equipment arrangement (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the storage surface (5) has the rear, the front and at least two side edges (18, 19), the second outflow opening (11) extending circumferentially along the front edge ( 19) and at least partially extends at least one side edge (18). Interior equipment arrangement (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the storage element (4) is a table and/or a palm rest. Interior equipment arrangement (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further comprises a display device (2), in particular a display and/or a touchscreen (3), which adjoins the storage surface (5) at the rear in an at least partially vertical orientation , wherein the first outflow opening (9) extends between the lower edge of the display device (2) and the rear edge of the storage surface (5).

8. Vehicle (20), having at least one interior arrangement (1) according to one of the preceding claims.

9. Vehicle (20) according to claim 8, characterized in that at least one of the at least one interior equipment arrangement (1) is arranged on or above a center console (22) of the vehicle (20). 10. Vehicle (20) according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the interior equipment arrangement (1) connects to an at least partially vertical rear interior trim element.