Adjustable cup holder assembly for a motor vehicle door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9919631-B2
Application number	US-201615006521-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2016
Priority date	Jan 26, 2016
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

An adjustable cup holder assembly is provided. That adjustable cup holder assembly includes a support having a guide track and a drag bar. The adjustable cup holder also includes a cup holder having (a) a body including a well, (b) an actuator and (c) a drag. The cup holder may be displaced along the guide track and secured in various positions on the support by engaging the drag bar. A motor vehicle door including a cup holder with an adjustment mechanism for displacing the cup holder along the body of the door between multiple positions is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A motor vehicle door, comprising:
a body including an elongated guide track;
a cup holder displaceable along said guide track; and
an adjustment mechanism for displacing said cup holder along said guide track between multiple positions, said adjustment mechanism including a drag bar on said body, a drag on said cup holder and an actuator for releasing said drag from said drag bar to displace said cup holder between said multiple positions.

2. The motor vehicle door of claim 1 , wherein said cup holder further includes a spring for biasing said drag into engagement with said drag bar whereby said cup holder may be secured in any of said multiple positions.

3. The motor vehicle door of claim 1 , wherein said body includes a map pocket having a first sidewall and a second sidewall.

4. The motor vehicle door of claim 3 , wherein said body includes a guide track comprising a first channel in said first sidewall and a second channel in said second sidewall.

5. The motor vehicle door of claim 4 , wherein said first channel is opposed to said second channel and said cup holder includes opposed elements that ride along said first channel and said second channel.

6. The motor vehicle door of claim 5 , wherein said adjustment mechanism includes a drag bar on said body and a drag on said cup holder whereby said cup holder may be secured in any of said multiple positions.

7. The motor vehicle door of claim 6 , wherein said cup holder further includes an actuator for releasing said drag from said drag bar to displace said cup holder between said multiple positions.

8. The motor vehicle door of claim 7 , wherein said cup holder further includes a spring for biasing said drag into engagement with said drag bar whereby said cup holder may be secured in any of said multiple positions.

9. A motor vehicle door, comprising:
a body including a map pocket having a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a guide track comprising a first channel in said first sidewall and a second channel in said second sidewall;
a cup holder carried on said body; and
an adjustment mechanism for displacing said cup holder along said body between multiple positions wherein said first channel is opposed to said second channel and said cup holder includes opposed elements that ride along said first channel and said second channel.

10. The motor vehicle door of claim 9 , wherein said adjustment mechanism includes a drag bar on said body and a drag on said cup holder whereby said cup holder may be secured in any of said multiple positions.

11. The motor vehicle door of claim 10 , wherein said cup holder further includes an actuator for releasing said drag from said drag bar to displace said cup holder between said multiple positions.

12. The motor vehicle door of claim 11 , wherein said cup holder further includes a spring for biasing said drag into engagement with said drag bar whereby said cup holder may be secured in any of said multiple positions.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Huelke David
• Smitterberg Eric Axel

Classifications

• B60J5/0493 Primary

  Appurtenances · CPC title

• B60N3/102 Primary

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

• B60R2011/0021

  Doors · CPC title

• B60R7/04

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