A vehicle interior component configured to be actuated by an inertia force is disclosed. The component may comprise a cover moveable relative to a base between closed and open positions and a latch mechanism to provide a latched state for the cover when actuated by the inertia force and to hold the cover in an unlatched state. The latch mechanism may be configured to change state of the cover from the unlatched state to the latched state when actuated by the inertia force. The cover may comprise the latch mechanism. The latch mechanism may extend from the cover in the latched state. The latch mechanism may form a generally continuous surface with a wall of the cover when unlatched. The latch mechanism may comprise a spring to hold the cover in the unlatched state. The component may comprise at least one of a console; center console; floor console; an armrest.

A vertical door system includes a safety brake that is engaged when the vertical door system fails. The safety brake includes a panel with a slanted channel and a pin slidably disposed in the slanted channel. The panel may be coupled to a counterweight that keeps the pin from engaging with stops in a track when the safety brake is disengaged. When the panel is uncoupled from the counterweight, the safety brake engages and the pin may slide in the channel to allow contact between a portion of the pin and one of the stops in the track to inhibit movement of a door.

A main tilting door for the closure of an access opening of a room comprises two fixed uprights and one fixed crosspiece associable with each other to define a fixed frame. The fixed uprights comprise vertical sliding guides; two movable uprights and two movable crosspieces associable with each other to define a movable frame; tilting movement means comprising: two lateral supporting arms each having a first end which can be hinged to an intermediate area of the movable uprights and a second end which can be hinged to a top of the fixed uprights; two sliding supports movable along the vertical sliding guides; a plurality of panels associable with the movable frame; wherein at least one of said movable uprights and said movable crosspieces comprises a sliding track and a plurality of cursors movable along the sliding track, the panels being associable with the cursors.

A door assembly for providing selective access to a chamber of an appliance includes adjustable balancing masses mounted to the door assembly to enable adjustment of the door assembly's center of gravity. Specifically, the door assembly includes one or more spring hinges attaching the door assembly to the appliance cabinet. Balancing mass are positioned on a mounting apparatus attached to the frame of the door assembly. To achieve an appropriate balance between the gravitational moment of the door assembly and the torsional stiffness of the spring hinges, the balancing masses may be adjusted on the mounting apparatus, thereby altering the center of gravity and gravitational moment generated by the door assembly to a predetermined amount appropriate for a given torsional stiffness of the spring hinge.

A vehicle interior component configured to be actuated by an inertia force is disclosed. The component may comprise a cover moveable relative to a base between closed and open positions and a latch mechanism to provide a latched state for the cover when actuated by the inertia force and to hold the cover in an unlatched state. The latch mechanism may be configured to change state of the cover from the unlatched state to the latched state when actuated by the inertia force. The cover may comprise the latch mechanism. The latch mechanism may extend from the cover in the latched state. The latch mechanism may form a generally continuous surface with a wall of the cover when unlatched. The latch mechanism may comprise a spring to hold the cover in the unlatched state. The component may comprise at least one of a console; center console; floor console; an armrest.

In various implementations, a vertical door system may include a door and a movement member that allows adjustment of the position (e.g., height) of the door. The door may be disposed in a track at a location. The vertical door system may include a safety brake that inhibits movement of the door when engaged and allows movement of the door when disengaged. The safety brake may include a pin that extends from the safety brake to contact a stop in the track to inhibit movement of the door when the safety brake is engaged.

The gate has an exchangeable span that is fixed to the load bearing beam and is connected with pulley bearings and rope-slings to the system of adjustable counterweights. The drive system is fitted with an electric drive with a worm-wheel mounted to the load bearing beam that travels vertically along the worm. The beam, span and the drive travel on adjustable guiderails inside a reinforced concrete pit in the direction opposite to that of counterweights. The load bearing beam is fitted with rollers and retaining rollers mounted to the cover. Emergency (manual) operation of the gate is possible by turning a crank handle connected with the worm, having released the lock that prevents the worm from rotating on its axis.

The invention relates to a system for opening and closing a window aperture, the system comprising: a moveable window panel; a pulley assembly coupled to the moveable window panel; a counterweight; and a pulley actuation mechanism. The moveable panel is heavier than the counterweight, the latter being attached to a first lateral side of the moveable panel via a first part of the pulley assembly. The pulley actuation mechanism is attached to an opposite lateral side of the moveable panel via a second part of the pulley assembly. The pulley actuation mechanism is switchable between energised and non-energised states based on one or more trigger events, between a closing mode whereby the pulley actuation mechanism retracts the second part of the pulley assembly thus imparting an additional closing force to the moveable panel sufficient to raise the moveable panel; and an opening mode whereby the pulley actuation mechanism is non-energised such that a passive opening force is imparted to the moveable panel by virtue of its weight to lower the moveable panel. A system for controlling a window system based on aircraft detection is also disclosed.

A main tilting door for the closure of an access opening of a room includes two fixed uprights, including vertical sliding guides, and one fixed crosspiece associable with each other to define a fixed frame. The door includes two movable uprights and two movable crosspieces associable with each other to define a movable frame. The door includes tilting movement device/unit/component/apparatus or the like including two lateral supporting arms each having a first end which can be hinged to an intermediate area of the movable uprights and a second end which can be hinged to a top of the fixed uprights; and two sliding supports movable along the vertical sliding guides. The door includes panels associable with the movable frame. At least one of the movable uprights and the movable crosspieces includes a sliding track and cursors movable along the sliding track, the panels associable with the cursors.