Cup holder for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11046228-B2
Application number	US-201916556437-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Priority date	Aug 30, 2018
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

A cup holder for a vehicle that stably supports a cup stored in a hole of the cup holder regardless of the size of the cup and prevents the beverage from spilling out of the cup with the cup stored in the hole released from the hole or falling on a side. Such cup holder comprises a storage tray, a cup support installed rotatably in one or the other direction in a storage space formed in the storage tray, a flap link making a back-and-forth movement while compressing a link spring, and an auxiliary cup support having a lower end rotating around a hinge axis rotatably coupled to a flap housing and an upper portion drawn into or out of the storage space depending on the amount of the back-and-forth movement of the flap link.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cup holder for a vehicle, comprising:
a storage tray in which a storage space for storing a cup is formed;
a cup support installed rotatably in one or the other direction in the storage space formed in the storage tray;
a flap link installed to make a back-and-forth movement while compressing a link spring depending on the rotation amount of the cup support; and
an auxiliary cup support installed, a lower end of the auxiliary cup support rotating around a hinge axis rotatably coupled to a flap housing and an upper portion thereof being drawn into or out of the storage space depending on the amount of the back-and-forth movement of the flap link.

2. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein the cup support comprises:
a bottom portion in the storage space of the storage tray rotating around an axis;
a support portion which is erected from the bottom portion and supports the outer circumferential surface of a cup in close contact therewith; and
a guide rib formed, in a non-circular shape with a starting end and a finishing end thereof having different widths, at the bottom surface of the bottom portion from which the support portion is erected such that the guide rib protrudes outward.

3. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein a coupling protrusion into which the other side of the link spring one side of which is supported by the flap housing is inserted, and a connecting protrusion brought into contact with the auxiliary cup support installed, the lower end of the auxiliary cup support rotating around the hinge axis rotatably coupled to the flap housing and the upper portion thereof being drawn into or out of the storage space depending on the amount of the back-and-forth movement of the flap link, are formed on the flap link making a back-and-forth movement with a side thereof in contact with the guide rib.

4. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein a sub-flap spring which causes the auxiliary cup support to continuously provide an elastic force toward the storage tray is installed between the auxiliary cup support installed, the lower end of the auxiliary cup support rotating around the hinge axis rotatably coupled to a flap housing and the upper portion thereof being drawn into or out of the storage space depending on the amount of the back-and-forth movement of the flap link, and the flap link.

5. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein an oil damper which adjusts the rotation speed of the cup support rotatably installed in the storage space is operably installed by a damper screw on the bottom surface of the storage tray, and a flap spring which causes the cup support to rotate is installed to be fixed and not to be released by a hinge cap on the center portion of the bottom portion of the cup support installed in the storage space such that the rotation speed is adjusted by the oil damper, the hinge cap being installed to be fixed to the storage tray by a hinge screw.

Assignees

• Nifco Korea Inc

Inventors

• Shin Youn Hwan

Classifications

• B60N3/108

  with resilient holding elements · CPC title

• B60N3/105 Primary

  for receptables of different size or shape · CPC title

• B60N3/106 Primary

  with adjustable clamping mechanisms · CPC title

• B60N3/10 Primary

  of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated · CPC title

• B60R7/04

  in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)} · CPC title