Patent ID: 11858463
Assignee: AUDI AG
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A stowage compartment for a motor vehicle, wherein the stowage compartment is designed to be arranged underneath a hood element of the motor vehicle, wherein the hood element forms a part of an outer skin of the motor vehicle, wherein the stowage compartment comprises:
a trough-like container,
a cover connectable or connected to the container, wherein the cover is movable relative to the container around a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position, and
a hinge device, which enables pivoting movement of the cover relative to the container,
wherein the hinge device is designed in such a way that the cover is automatically held in an arbitrary open position when disposed between a minimum opening angle and a maximum opening angle, and such that the cover automatically moves into a gravity-effectuated closed position when disposed below the minimum opening angle, and
wherein the maximum opening angle of the cover is delimited in such a way that an acute angle is formed between an upper side of the cover and a lower side of the hood element when the hood element rests on the maximally open cover.