Vehicle USB port

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9296325-B2
Application number	US-201514620102-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2015
Priority date	Feb 24, 2014
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle USB port including: a base body attached to a vehicle-body-side member; a hook main body that is provided with a hinge portion rotatably attached to the base body and a hook portion to anchor an anchored member, and that is rotatable between an in-use position in which the hook portion is usable and a stowed position in which the hook portion is not used; a hook main body retaining portion that is formed at the base body and that retains the hook main body moved to the stowed position; a port opening that is formed at the hook main body retaining portion and that is covered by the hook main body moved to the stowed position; and a USB port that is provided in a position facing the port opening, and to which a USB cable can be coupled through the port opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle USB port comprising:
a base body attached to a vehicle-body-side member;
a hook main body that is provided with a hinge portion rotatably attached to the base body and a hook portion to anchor an anchored member, and that is rotatable between an in-use position in which the hook portion is usable and a stowed position in which the hook portion is not used;
a hook main body retaining portion that is formed at the base body and that retains the hook main body moved to the stowed position;
a port opening that is formed at the hook main body retaining portion and that is covered by the hook main body moved to the stowed position; and
a USB port that is provided in a position facing the port opening, and to which a USB cable can be coupled through the port opening.

2. The vehicle USB port of claim 1 , wherein in the hook main body:
one end of the hook main body is the hinge portion;
the other end of the hook main body is the hook portion; and
a portion of the hook main body between the hinge portion and the hook portion configures a lid portion covering the port opening.

3. The vehicle USB port of claim 1 , wherein
the hinge portion is attached to one portion of the base body, and the inside of the base body includes a frame shaped raised portion forming the hook main body retaining portion.

4. The vehicle USB port of claim 1 , wherein
the USB port is fixed to a base plate attached to the vehicle-body-side member, and a leading end of the USB port faces the port opening.

5. The vehicle USB port of claim 1 , wherein:
the base body is configured as a table that is rotatable coaxially to the hook main body between the stowed position and the in-use position; and
an interference prevention cutout is formed at the table such that the table does not interfere with the hook main body in either the in-use position or the stowed position.

Assignees

• Nhk Spring Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Donghyoun
• Haga Hidemi
• Muto Takeshi

Classifications

• B60R2011/0015

  Back-rests · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• B60N3/14 Primary

  of electrically-heated lighters · CPC title

• H01R13/447

  Shutter or cover plate · CPC title

• H01R13/5213

  Covers · CPC title