Vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11932155-B2
Application number	US-201917261093-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2019
Priority date	Jul 20, 2018
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 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; and 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, wherein the support member switches between a first state allowing a portable telephone to be charged by supporting one surface thereof, and a second state allowing an object to be accommodated in the accommodation space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle cup holder configured to allow wireless charging, comprising:
a housing comprising an accommodation space configured to accommodate a portable terminal;
a mounting member coupled to the housing through a rotation shaft so that the mounting member is configured to rotate in the accommodation space and including a wireless power transmission module configured to wirelessly charge a battery of the portable terminal; and
an operation member configured to rotate the rotation shaft so as to convert the moulting member between a first state and a second state and to maintain the mounting member in the first state or the second state after the conversion,
wherein the rotation shaft includes a first rotation shaft protruding outwardly from a first side of the mounting member by a predetermined length and a second rotation shaft protruding outwardly from a second side of the mounting member by a predetermined length
wherein the operation member includes a push button slidably coupled to the housing and a through-hole. wherein the second rotation shaft is configured to pass through the through-hole, wherein the through-hole is configured to pass through the push button and to have a first horizontal surface,
wherein the second rotation shaft has a plurality of second horizontal surfaces, which correspond to the first horizontal surface in a circumferential direction thereof, and
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, and the second state is a state in which the mounting member is disposed parallel to the side surface of the accommodation space.

2. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , wherein the accommodation space in the housing comprises a plurality of accommodation spaces,
wherein the mounting member includes a first mounting member installed in a first accommodation space of the plurality of accommodation spaces and a second mounting member installed in a second accommodation space of the plurality of accommodation spaces, and
the first mounting member and the second mounting member are installed in the plurality of accommodation spaces such that rotation directions are opposite to each other when the first ounting member and the second mounting member are converted into the first state.

3. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second horizontal surfaces includes a first holding surface and a second holding surface,
when the first holding surface is in surface contact with the first horizontal surface, the mounting member maintains the first state, and
when the second holding surface is in surface contact with the first horizontal surface, the mounting member maintains the second state.

4. The vehicle cup holder of claim 3 , wherein a remaining circumferential surface of the second rotation shaft excluding the first and second holding surfaces is in an arc shape.

5. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , further comprising a spring member configured to press the push button in one direction.

6. The vehicle cup holder of claim 5 , 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.

7. The vehicle cup holder of claim 6 , further comprising a snap ring coupled to the first rotation shaft so as to prevent the torsion spring from being separated from the first rotation shaft.

8. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , 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 and to limit a rotation angle of the mounting member.

9. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , 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 f cmcd 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.

10. The vehicle cup holder of claim 9 , 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.

11. The vehicle cup holder of claim 1 , further comprising another wireless power transmission module embedded in a bottom surface of the accommodation space.

Assignees

• Amosense Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H02J7/731

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

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• B60N3/101 Primary

  fixed · CPC title

• B60N3/10

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

• B60N3/105

  for receptables of different size or shape · CPC title