Vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11912189-B2
Application number	US-201917261094-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2019
Priority date	Jul 20, 2018
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging. A vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing having an accommodation space for accommodating objects, including a portable telephone; a support member coupled to the housing by means of a rotational shaft to allow rotation in the accommodation space, and comprising a wireless transmission module for wirelessly charging the battery of a portable telephone; and a driving member allowing or disallowing rotation of the rotational shaft so as to maintain the support member in a first state in which a portable telephone can be charged, or in a second state in which an object can be accommodated in the accommodation space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging,
comprising:
a housing which has an accommodation space, in which an object including a portable terminal is accommodated, formed therein;
a mounting member which is coupled to the housing through a rotation shaft so as to be rotatable in the accommodation space and which includes a wireless power transmission module configured to wirelessly charge a battery of the portable terminal; and
an operation member which allows or restricts rotation of the rotation shaft to maintain the mounting member in a first state in which the battery of a the portable terminal is charged or maintain the mounting member in a second state in which the object is accommodated in the accommodation space,
wherein the rotation shaft includes a first rotation shaft and a second rotation shaft which protrude outward from both sides of the mounting member by a predetermined length,
the housing includes a plurality of locking grooves formed such that partial lengths of the first and second rotation shafts are inserted therein, and
the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft are latched and installed in sleeve rings mounted in the housing.

2. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , wherein the first state is a state in which the mounting member is disposed to be inclined at an acute angle with respect to a bottom surface or a side surface of the accommodation space such that one surface of the mounting member supports one surface of the portable terminal, and
the second state is a state in which the mounting member is disposed parallel to the side surface of the accommodation space such that the object is inserted into the accommodation space.

3. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , wherein the mounting member includes a first mounting member and a second mounting member which are separately rotated in different directions in the accommodation space.

4. The vehicle cup holder of claim 3 , wherein the first and second mounting members are disposed to be positioned on opposite surfaces facing each other in the accommodation space.

5. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve ring is installed in the locking groove such that a portion thereof protrudes inside the locking grove along the locking groove.

6. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve ring has an opening of which one side is open, and
circumference surfaces of the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft are partially supported directly by inner surfaces of the sleeve rings protruding inside the locking grooves.

7. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , wherein the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft include seating grooves recessed inward in a circumferential direction thereof, and
the first and second rotation shafts are latched and installed in the sleeve rings through the seating grooves.

8. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , wherein the operation member includes a push button slidably coupled to the housing, a through-hole, through which the second rotation shaft passes, formed to pass through the push button, and a stepped portion formed on an inner circumferential surface of the through-hole such that a portion of the second rotation shaft is selectively latched and installed.

9. The vehicle cup holder of claim 8 , further comprising a spring member configured to press the push button in one direction.

10. The vehicle cup holder of claim 8 , further comprising a torsion spring coupled to the first rotation shaft so as to provide an elastic force for rotating the first rotation shaft in one direction.

11. The vehicle cup holder of claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of cutout portions formed to be cut inward along an outer circumferential surface of the second rotation shaft,
wherein the stepped portion is engaged with any one of the plurality of cutout portions to restrict rotation of the second rotation shaft in one direction.

12. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , further comprising another wireless power transmission module embedded in a bottom surface of the accommodation space,
wherein, in a state in which the mounting member maintains the second state, the another wireless power transmission module transmits wireless power to the object inserted into the accommodation space.

13. A vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging, comprising:
a housing which has an accommodation space, in which an object including a portable terminal is accommodated, formed therein;
a mounting member which is coupled to the housing through a rotation shaft so as to be rotatable in the accommodation space and which includes a wireless power transmission module configured to wirelessly charge a battery of the portable terminal; and
an operation member which allows or restricts rotation of the rotation shaft to maintain the mounting member in a first state in which the battery of a the portable terminal is charged or maintain the mounting member in a second state in which the object is accommodated in the accommodation space,
wherein the mounting member includes a case having an interior space in which the wireless power transmission module is disposed, and a connection board disposed in the interior space and electrically connected to the wireless power transmission module,
the rotation shaft has a through-hole formed to pass therethrough in a length direction thereof, and
the connection board includes a first part disposed in the interior space and a second part disposed to pass through the through-hole such that a portion thereof is exposed to the outside and a cable is connected thereto.

14. The vehicle cup holder of claim 13 , wherein the mounting member includes at least one protrusion protruding from an inner surface of the case so as to support one surface of the wireless power transmission module.

15. A vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging, comprising:
a housing which has an accommodation space, in which an object including a portable terminal is accommodated, formed therein;
a mounting member which is coupled to the housing through a rotation shaft so as to be rotatable in the accommodation space and which includes a wireless power transmission module configured to wirelessly charge a battery of the portable terminal; and
an operation member which allows or restricts rotation of the rotation shaft to maintain the mounting member in a first state in which the battery of a the portable terminal is charged or maintain the mounting member in a second state in which the object is accommodated in the accommodation space,
wherein the housing includes an inclined surface formed to be inclined at a predetermined angle at an edge of the accommodation space so as to be in contact with one surface of the mounting member in the first state to limit a rotation angle of the mounting member.

Assignees

• Amosense Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Chol Han
• Han Bo Hyeon
• Woo Bong Sik
• Lee Bae Geun

Classifications

• H02J7/731 Primary

  specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries (H02J7/751 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N3/101 Primary

  fixed · CPC title

• B60N3/105

  for receptables of different size or shape · CPC title

• H02J50/10

  using inductive coupling · CPC title

• H02J7/02

  for charging batteries from AC mains by converters · CPC title