Patent ID: 7523975

Claim:
A storage compartment for a vehicle comprising: a storage compartment cover for closing a deposit compartment, the storage compartment cover having axes of rotation on two opposite longitudinal edges, being openable in a first of two opening directions by pivoting from a closed position about one of said axes of rotation and in a second of the two opening directions by pivoting from the closed position about the other of said axes of rotation, and being lockable in the closed position, and a driving device that automatically pivots the storage compartment cover in either the first of the two opening directions about the one of said axes of rotation or the second of the two opening directions by pivoting from the closed position about the other of said axes of rotation after release of a lock keeping the storage compartment cover in the closed position, wherein the driving device has an energy store, which is designed in two energy store parts and which automatically opens the deposit compartment by pivoting the storage compartment cover, and wherein each axis of rotation is connected to one of the energy store parts and at least one of the energy store parts is arranged within the storage compartment cover.