A vehicle includes a body at least partially defining a vehicle cabin, and a center console disposed within the vehicle cabin and including a center console pass-through configured to enable cargo to extend therethrough for storage of the cargo. The center console includes a lower storage portion coupled to a floor of the vehicle, and an upper storage portion connected to and spaced apart from the lower storage portion to define the center console pass-through between the lower storage portion and the upper storage portion.

Slide assemblies for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, a slide assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first member and a second member that is slidingly coupled with the first member. A first leaf spring device is disposed between the first and second members for facilitating relative sliding movement between the first and second members. The first leaf spring device includes a raised contact portion that slidingly interfaces with one of the first and second members during the relative sliding movement.

An operator seat system is provided that includes an operator seat and an armrest control center with an I/O (input/output) system that is connected to and moves with the operator seat. An armrest control center mount system may include a seat mount and an armrest control center mount that are attached to each other with an adjustment system that allows adjustment of the armrest control center with respect to the operator seat.

The invention relates to an armrest having a base (11) and an arm support (12) that is displaceable linearly relative to the base (11) over intermediate positions between a first position and a second position in opposite displacement directions (x.sub.1, x.sub.2) along a movement path, having a guide assembly comprising a first guide on the base (11) and a second guide on the arm support (12), that form cooperating guide surfaces movable relative to one another and that limit movement of the arm support (12) relative to the base (11) in at least one direction at right angles to the displacement directions, wherein play is formed between the first guide and the second guide, and wherein in the case of a loading with a force F acting on the arm support, guide surfaces of the first and second guides are in contact.

The special feature is that the guide assembly has at least one elastic bumper block (26) that urges the first guide into contact with the second guide such that the contact is maintained during unloading.

An armrest module for a motor vehicle. The armrest module includes an armrest arm able to support the arm of an occupant of the motor vehicle, the armrest arm extending primarily in a longitudinal direction (X); a pad, the pad being pivotable relative to the armrest arm about two axes (A1, A2) which are perpendicular to each other, the two axes (A1, A2) also being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X) of the armrest arm; and a human-machine interface provided by the pad.

In an illustrative embodiment, a seating apparatus for positioning at an aisle of an aircraft cabin includes a passenger seat and an armrest assembly mounted adjacent to the passenger seat. The armrest assembly includes a fixed panel adjacent to a seat back that extends along a portion of a seat bottom and a sliding portion that extends from a retracted position where a majority of the sliding panel is parallel to the fixed plane to an extended position where a rear end of the sliding panel is adjacent to a forward end of the fixed panel. A translation assembly slidably connects the sliding panel to the fixed panel to enable the sliding panel to move between the retracted and extended positions. In the extended position, an armrest portion of the fixed panel is flush with an armrest portion of the sliding portion to create an extended panel unit.

An armrest for a vehicle seat, comprising an armrest main portion, a pivotable attachment for coupling the armrest main portion to a seat backrest, such that the armrest is pivotable between a folded position and a rest position, an armrest extension movable between a retracted position and a deployed position in which the armrest extension extends the armrest main portion, and a foldable mechanism coupling the pivotable attachment to the armrest extension and configured to move the armrest extension from the retracted position to the deployed position when the armrest is moved from the folded position to the rest position.

A body-adaptable arm rest arrangement includes an arm rest having an actuation unit for adjusting different arm rest positions, and a base. The arm rest is connected to the base via the actuation unit.

Armrest apparatuses for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, an armrest apparatus comprises an armrest main base. A translating docking station arrangement for holding a nomadic device is operatively coupled to the armrest main base to move relative to the armrest main base between a retracted position and a deployed position. The translating docking station arrangement in the retracted position substantially covers the armrest main base. The translating docking station arrangement in the deployed position is shifted laterally relative to the retracted position.

A vehicle interior layout includes a console having a support structure configured to be mounted on the floor of the vehicle and topped by an upper part, the upper part being rotatable around a substantially vertical pivot axis (A).