Receiving device for at least one container in a vehicle interior

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9434288-B2
Application number	US-201414316974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2014
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	Sep 6, 2016
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016

Abstract

Receiving device for at least one container in a vehicle interior. A receiving device comprising a receiving frame is known, at least one adjustable cup holder being arranged in said receiving device, said cup holder being able to be displaced along opposing guide tracks of the receiving frame, to which latching means are assigned in order to fix the cup holder in a releasable manner in different positions relative to the opposing guide tracks. Longitudinal synchronization means are assigned to the at least one cup holder in order to achieve a parallel displacement of the cup holder along the opposing guide tracks. Use in the vehicle interior of passenger motor vehicles.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A receiving device for at least one container located in a vehicle interior, said receiving device comprising:
a receiving frame, said receiving frame comprising first and second guide tracks disposed in opposed relation with one another;
at least one adjustable container holder disposed in said receiving frame and displaceable along said first and second guide tracks, said container holder including first and second latching teeth; and
a mechanical gearwheel synchronization arrangement comprising first and second toothed strips respectively disposed adjacent said first and second guide tracks, a shaft including first and second pinions non-rotatably mounted on respective opposite ends of said shaft, said shaft being mounted on said container holder for rotation relative thereto, said first and second pinions being respectively disposed in meshing relationship with said first and second toothed strips to allow displacement of said container holder along said first and second guide tracks in a direction substantially parallel thereto, said first and second latching teeth of said container holder being respectively disposed to selectively engage said first and second toothed strips to fix said container holder in a releasable manner in a plurality of different positions relative to and along said first and second guide tracks.

2. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein said container holder comprises a manual actuator configured to release said first and second latching teeth from the respective said first and second toothed strips and allow displacement of said container holder into one of said plurality of different positions relative to and along said first and second guide tracks.

3. The receiving device according to claim 2 , wherein said first and second latching teeth are respectively disposed on opposite sides of said container holder, and said manual actuator comprises a mechanical synchronization unit for simultaneously releasing said first and second latching teeth from said first and second toothed strips.

4. The receiving device according to claim 3 , wherein said manual actuator includes an operating button movable in a reciprocating manner, and said mechanical synchronization unit includes a transmission rocker element coupled to said operating button and mounted on said container holder so as to extend transversely to said first and second guide tracks.

5. The receiving device according to claim 4 , wherein said operating button is a one-piece component extending over substantially an entire width of said container holder and said first and second latching teeth are disposed on opposite sides of said operating button.

6. The receiving device according to claim 5 , further including a spring element disposed to bias said operating button in an unloaded resting position, and said first and second latching teeth are disposed in a fixed position relative to the respective said first and second toothed strips in the unloaded resting position of said operating button.

7. The receiving device according to claim 1 , wherein said container holder includes an actuator mounted thereon for movement in a reciprocating manner between a first position in which said first and second latching teeth are fixedly engaged with the respective said first and second toothed strips and a second position in which said first and second latching teeth are disengaged from the respective said first and second toothed strips, and a spring disposed to bias said actuator in said first position.

8. The receiving device according to claim 7 , wherein said first and second latching teeth are mounted on said actuator and said actuator is movable between said first and second positions in a direction transverse to said first and second guide tracks and said first and second toothed strips.

9. The receiving device according to claim 8 , wherein said container holder extends transversely between said first and second guide tracks and said first and second toothed strips, said container holder including a housing and said actuator is mounted on said housing for reciprocal movement relative thereto between said first and second positions, said container holder further including a rocker element disposed adjacent a lower region of said housing in vertically spaced-apart relation from an upper surface of said actuator and being coupled to said actuator, said rocker element being pivotably connected to said housing and pivotably movable about a pivot axis oriented transversely to said first and second guide tracks and said first and second toothed strips.

10. The receiving device according to claim 9 , wherein said actuator includes first and second guides spaced-apart from one another along a direction transverse to said first and second guide tracks, said first and second guides being configured to mount therein an edge of said rocker element disposed opposite and oriented substantially parallel to the pivot axis.

11. The receiving device according to claim 10 , wherein said container holder includes a linear guide arrangement cooperating between said housing and said actuator to guide said actuator between said first and second positions, and said rocker element and said linear guide arrangement act to transmit a force, applied to said upper surface of said actuator to move same from said first position towards said second position, over an entire width of said actuator irrespective of a point at which the force is applied to said upper surface.

12. A receiving device for storing at least one container in a vehicle interior, said receiving device comprising:
a receiving frame, said receiving frame comprising first and second guide tracks disposed in spaced-apart relation with one another on opposite sides of said receiving frame;
a container holder mounted on said receiving frame and displaceable along said first and second guide tracks, said container holder including first and second latching teeth respectively disposed on opposite sides of said container holder;
first and second toothed elements mounted on said receiving frame adjacent the respective said first and second guide tracks; and
a shaft including first and second pinions non-rotatably mounted on respective opposite ends of said shaft, said shaft being mounted on said container holder for rotation relative thereto, said first and second pinions being respectively disposed in meshing engagement with said first and second toothed elements to allow displacement of said container holder along said first and second guide tracks in a direction substantially parallel thereto, and said first and second latching teeth of said container holder being respectively disposed to selectively engage said first and second toothed elements to fix said container holder in one of a plurality of different positions relative to and along said first and second guide tracks.

13. The receiving device according to claim 12 , wherein said container holder includes an actuator mounted on said container holder for movement in a reciprocating manner between a first position in which said first and second latching teeth are fixedly engaged with the respective said first and second toothed elements and a second position in which said first and second latching teeth are disengaged from the respective said first and second toothed elements, and a spring disposed to bias said actuator in said first position.

14. The receiving device according to claim 13 , wherein said first and second latching teeth are mounted on opposite sides of said actuator and said actuator is movable between said first and second positio

Assignees

• Bohlke Hartmut
• Salewski Juergen
• Sitzler Wolfgang
• Zummack Wolfram
• Goebbels Andreas
• Bos Gmbh

Inventors

• Bohlke Hartmut
• Salewski Juergen
• Sitzler Wolfgang
• Zummack Wolfram
• Goebbels Andreas

Classifications

• B60N3/102

  storable or foldable in a non-use position · CPC title

• B60N3/106 Primary

  with adjustable clamping mechanisms · CPC title