Patent ID: 7845701

Claim:
Storage compartment for a motor vehicle with a container ( 110 ) and a container lid ( 112 ), arranged thereupon in a pivotal fashion, a pivoted lever ( 116 ) associated with the container lid, a first elastic element ( 120 ), whose first end ( 122 ) is connected with the container and whose second end ( 118 ) is connected with the pivoted lever, so that the first elastic element acts upon the container lid with a closing force and/or a closing torque, a locking element ( 126 ), which is located in a pivotal fashion, so that, in case of an impact of the motor vehicle, said locking element, due to its mass inertia, is moved into the locking position for locking the pivoted lever in position, wherein the locking element is positioned in a pivotal fashion around the first end of the first elastic element, and wherein the first elastic element is a dead center spring, whereby the dead center spring is embodied in such a way that it exerts the closing force and/or closing torque as long as the open position of the container lid does not exceed a dead center ( 155 ) position, and wherein a second elastic element ( 128 ) resiliently restrains the locking element, in order to keep the locking element outside the locking position under normal operating conditions of the motor vehicle.