GB2511901A - Cup-Holding device for an interior of a motor vehicle - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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Abstract
A cup holder for an arm rest of a vehicle comprises two holding arms 6, 9 mounted on a sliding drawer. When the drawer slides closed a first arm 6 engages with a wall 38 of an opening 22 and pivots 34 inward against the resilient force of a spring which normally urges it to an open position. As the first arm 6 rotates inwards a flexible member 10 such as a cable or wire pulls the second arm 9 against the force of its spring so that the second arm 9 also rotates 25 inwards for stowing. When the holder is moved from a stowed position to an in-use position the arms 6, 9 are urged outward by springs. There may be further pivoting arm segments 21.
Description
Cup-Holding Device for an Interior of a Motor Vehicle The invention relates to cup-holding device for an interior of a motor vehicle according to the preamble of claim 1. A cup-holding device with the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known from US 6578806 B2. The cup-holding device described in this document is designed as a beverage holder for a beverage container for example a can, a cup, or a beaker, wherein the beverage holder is provided for installation into a dashboard of a motor vehicle and has a pulled-out portion arranged to be displaceably guided as a drawer. The beverage holder there has an insertion opening for a beverage container, wherein the beverage container has the shape of an arc of a circle and is provided with an arcuate slide guide and a support rotatable through 180° for supporting the inserted beverage container securely against tipping over. The beverage holder described in this document comprises dampers for damping the movement of different components of the beverage holder as well as a different toothed rods, which are engaged with gearwheels.
Thus, this beverage holder is especially complex and rather expensive in manufacturing.
In addition this beverage holder (cup-holding device) takes up much space, when it has to be stored in a non-use position.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a cup-holding device of the initially mentioned kind, which can be stored in an especially space-saving manner and which is particularly easy and inexpensive to build.
According to the invention, this object is solved by a cup-holding device having the features of claim 1. Advantageous configurations with convenient developments of the invention are specified in the remaining claims.
In order to provide a cup-holding device of the initially mentioned kind, which can be stored in an especially space-saving manner and which is also easy and inexpensive to build, it is provided according to the invention that at least one further holding element, which is linked with the holding element by a flexible drag force element transmits a drag force to the at least one further holding element, while moving the cup-holding device from the use position into the non-use position. The flexible drag force element can be designed as e.g. a cable or a wire, by means of which due to the transmission of the drag force the further holding element is moved in dependency on the holding element. By means of the flexible drag force element (cable, wire) the drag force can be transmitted in only one direction of movement, namely in the direction of movement in which the flexible drag force element is stretched. Once the flexible drag force element is no longer stretched, no drag force is transmitted between the holding element and the further holding element. In contrast to a force transmission by means of a gearwheel toothed rod engaging the flexible drag force element (e.g. cable, wire) can only transfer the drag force, but the flexible drag force element can be used in the smallest spaces and is extremely inexpensive and simple in its construction. Accordingly, the flexible drag force element can be exchanged particularly easily in case of a malfunction of the cup holding device.
Further advantages, features and details of the invention are apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment as well as by way of reference to the drawings.
They show: Fig. la an isometric view on a rear seat of a motor vehicle, from which an arm rest comprising a cup-holding device has been folded out and wherein the cup-holding device is in a use position and thus protrudes from the arm rest; Fig. lb a detailed view of the cup-holding device in its use position according to Fig. la; Fig. 2a a detailed view of the cup-holding device, which is currently shown without the arm rest; Fig. 2b an exploded view of the cup-holding device showing various components various components of the cup-holding device; Fig. 3 a top view showing the cup-holding device in its use position before it is pushed into a cut-out in the arm rest to store the cup-holding device into a non-use position; Fig. 4a a top view of the cup-holding device, which is in its non-use position and accordingly stowed within the cut-out of the arm rest; Fig. 4b a side view of the cup-holding device, which is currently in its use position; and in Fig. 4c a side view of the cup-holding device, which is currently in its non-use position, wherein accordingly the cup-holding device is stowed in an arm rest cut-out.
Fig. 1 a shows an isometric view of a rear seat 17. The rear seat 17 comprises an arm rest 16, which has been currently folded out so that the arm rest 16 is adjusted substantially in parallel to a seating surface 35 of the rear seat 17. The present arm rest 16 comprises two opposing arm rest cut-outs 22 extending to the inside of the arm rest 16. A cup-holding device 1 is inserted into one of the arm rest cut-outs 22, wherein several components of the cup-holding device 1 are shown in a detailed view in Fig. lb according to a dash-dotted area marked in Fig. 1.
Fig. lb shows the cup-holding device 1 currently arranged in a use position 4, in which it is capable of holding e.g. a bottle or a cup, which are not shown in Fig. lb. The cup-holding device 1 comprises a sliding part 2, which protrudes from the arm rest 16,when the cup-holding device 1 is in its use position and which is stowed inside the arm rest 16 (in the arm rest cut-out 22), if the cup-holding device 1 is in a non-use position 3. A cover part 5 is arranged at a front end of the sliding part 2. The cover part 5 covers the arm rest cut-out 22, when the cup-holding device 1 is in its non-use position 3. Therefore, the cover part 5 at least substantially flushes with an end face 36 of the arm rest 16. The sliding part 2 carries a holding element 6 and a further holding element 9, by means of which a container 13 (not shown in Fig. lb) can be prevented from falling out sideways from the cup-holding device 1. Both the holding element 6 and the further holding element 9 comprise an arcuate segment 12, whereat the holding element 6 is additionally extended by a container support arm 21 which also comprises an arcuate segment 12.
By means of the arcuate segments 12, the holding element 6 and the further holding element 9 at least partially complement each other to a circular support and surround the container 13 which is designed e.g. as a bottle or a cup. When the holding element 6 and the further holding element 9 are capable of surrounding the container 13 they are arranged in a holding position 7. If the container 13 is put into the cup-holding device 1, a base support element 15 supports the container 13 and prevents the container 13 from slipping through downwards.
In other words, the base support element 15 is designed as a contact patch, on which the container 13 rests, when it is inserted into the cup-holding device 1. The base support element iSis connected by a support element 18 by means of a rotary joint 23. When the cup-holding device 1 is in its use position 4 and both the holding element 6 and the further holding element 9 are in their holding position 7, the support element 18 is at least substantially arranged in parallel to the cover partS. The support element 18 is fixed with a spring loaded base element 20 by means of a rotary joint 31. The base element 20 is pivotably connected to the sliding part 2 and accordingly rotatable around a pivot axis 33 relative to the sliding part 2. The spring of the base element 20 is used to hold the base element 20 and thus the base support element 15 in a position where the container 13 may be prevented from slipping through the cup-holding device 1, when the cup-holding device 1 is in its use position 4. The spring of the base element 20 is designed as a rotary spring and is not shown. On opposite sides of the base support element 15 each there is a support link 19 connected with the base support element 15 by means of a rotary joint 30. The support links 19 are each connected with the base element 20 by means of respective rotary joints 32. By means of the support links 19 the base support element 15 and the support element 18 together form at least substantially an [-shape. The kinematic relationship between the base support element 15, the support element 18, the base element 20 and the two support links 19 is explained in more detail below in connection with Fig. 4.
An isometric view of the cup-holding device 1 in Fig. 2a shows especially in conjunction with an exploded view in Fig. 2b that the holding element 6 and the further holding element 9 are spring-actuated, wherein each of the holding elements 6, 9 is actuated by means of a spring element 14. The spring element 14 is presently designed as a rotary.
One end of each of the spring elements 14 is connected with the sliding part 2 and the other end is connected with the respective holding element 6, 9. The spring element 14 is biased in such a manner that the holding elements 6, 9 are moved into their holding position spring-forced. The holding element 6 and the further holding element 9 are each pivotably connected with the sliding part 2 by means of respective bearings 26, wherein each of the bearings 26 at least partially surrounds the respective spring element 14 of the respective holding element 6, 9. The further holding element 9 is linked with the holding element 6 by a flexible drag force element 10, which is designed as a cable or a wire. By means of the flexible drag force element 10 a drag force 11 is transmitted to the further holding element 9 while moving the cup-holding device 1 from the use position 4 into the non-use position 3. This is described with reference to the top view of the cup-holding device 1 in Fig. 3.
In Fig. 3 the cup-holding device 1 is shown in its use position 4 at present. If the cup-holding device 1 shall be stowed in the arm rest 16, an occupant of the vehicle exerts a pressure upon the cover part 5 of the cup-holding device 1. In doing so the cup-holding device 1 is moved along a stow direction 29 which is marked with an arrow. While moving the cup-holding device 1 into the arm rest cut-out 22, the holding element 6 collides with a contact area 38 of the arm rest 16. Since the cup-holding device 1 is further moved into the arm rest cut-out 22 according to the stow direction 29, the holding element 6 is rotating around its bearing 26 according to a rotational direction 24, which is marked with an arrow, respectively. In doing so the drag force element 10 is tensioned and the drag force 11 is transmitted to the further holding element 9. Due to the drag force lithe further holding element 9 rotates about its bearing 26 according to a rotational direction 25, which is marked with an arrow, and in doing so the further holding element 9 is moved against the spring tension of its spring element 14.
The container support arm 21 is also biased by means of a spring 28, which is arranged at the link bearing 27. When the cup-holding device 1 is in its use position 4 and thus the holding elements 6, 9 are in their holding position 7 due to the spring force of the spring 28 the container support arm 21 together with the holding element 6 and the further holding element 9 at least substantially surrounds the container 13 if it is put into the cup-holding device 1. In other words the spring 28 is connected with the holding element 6 in such a manner that the arcuate segments 12 of the holding element 6 and of the container support arm 21 respectively build a smooth arc. One end of the drag force element 10 is connected with the further holding element 9 in an area around its bearing 26 close to the cover part 5. The other end of the drag force element 10 is connected on a connection side 37 of the container support arm 21. The connection side 37 is arranged close to the link bearing 27 and at least substantially on the inner side of the arc that is built by the container support arm 21. The drag force element 10 is not connected with the bearing 26 of the holding element 6 at present, but furthermore redirected along the circumference of the bearing 26. The spring rates of the spring element 14, which is connected with the further holding element 9 and the spring rate of the spring 28 are adjusted to each other in such a manner that the drag force 11 exerted by the drag force element 10 both rotates the further holding element 9 according to the rotational direction and the container support arm 21 according to a rotational direction 34, which is also marked with an arrow. In other words, if the cup-holding device 1 is moved according to the stow direction 29 and thus the holding element 6 collides with the arm rest 16, the further holding element 9 and the container support arm 21 rotate according to their respective rotational direction 25, 34.
Fig. 4a shows the cup-holding device 1 in its non-use position 3, wherein the holding elements 6, 9 are in a stowed position 8. By means of the drag force 11 besides the holding clement 6 also the further holding element 9 and the container support arm 21 are held in their stowed position 8 according to the mutual coordination of the spring rates of the spring element 14 and the spring 28, respectively.
The side views in Fig. 4b and Fig. 4c show the cup-holding device 1 in its use position 4 and in its non-use position 3, respectively. In the use position 4 the base support element and the support element 18 form an [-shape, wherein the container 13 may rest upon the base support element 15 especially safely. When moving the cup-holding device 1 from its use position 4 (Fig. 4b) into its non-use position (Fig. 4c), the support link 19 collides with the contact area 38. Due to this contact the support link 19 rotates around the rotary joint 32, by means of which the support link 19 is connected to the base element 20. Since the base element 20 is pivotably connected to the sliding part 2, the base element 20 is rotated around the pivot axis 33 against the spring force of the spring (not shown) of the base element 20, until the cup-holding device 1 is stowable in the arm rest cutout 22 of the arm rest 16. In addition the support element 18 rotates around the rotary joint 31, by means of which the support element 18 is pivotably connected with the base element 20. Since the rotary 31 and the rotary joint 32 are separated from each other and the support element 18 and the support link 19 are cross assembled, the base support element 15 is pulled upwards due to the fact that it is connected with the support link 19, by means of the rotary joint 30. In doing so the base support element 15 rotates around the rotary joint 23, wherein the base support element 15 is folded in the direction of the base element 20. At the same time the support element 18 rotates from its use position 4. where it is arranged at least substantially in parallel to the cover part 5, about the rotary joint 31 until the support element 18 is moved into its non-use position 3, in which it is arranged at least substantially perpendicular to the cover part 5 (Fig. 4c).
lithe cup-holding device 1 shall be moved from its non-use position 3 into its use position 4 (opposite to the stow direction 29) the holding elements 6, 9 are also moved from their stowed position 8 to their holding position 7 by means of the spring elements 14, which are arranged at each of the holding elements 6, 9.
List of reference signs 1 cup holding device 2 sliding part 3 non-use position 4 use position cover part 6 holding element 7 holding position 8 stowed position 9 further holding element drag force element 11 drag force 12 arcuate segment 13 container 14 spring element base support element 16 arm rest 17 rear seat 18 support element 19 support link base element 21 container support arm 22 arm rest cutout 23 rotary joint 24 rotational direction rotational direction 26 bearing 27 link bearing 28 spring 29 stow direction rotary joint 31 rotary joint 32 rotary joint 33 pivot axis 34 rotational direction seating surface 36 end face 37 connection side 38 contact area
Claims (6)
- Claims A cup holding device (1) for an interior of a motor vehicle, the cup holding device including -a movable sliding part (2) by which the cup holding device (1) is adjustable in a non-use position (3) and a use position (4), -a cover part (5) for covering the cup holding device (1) in the non-use position (3) -and at least one holding element (6), which is moveable between a holding position (7) and a stowed position (8) while moving the cup holding device (1) between the non-use position (3) and the use position (4), characterized by at least one further holding element (9), which is linked with the holding element (6) by a flexible drag force element (10) transmitting a drag force (11) to the at least one further holding element (9) while moving the cup holding device (1) from the use position (4) into the non-use position (3).
- 2. The cup holding device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the holding elements (6, 9) comprise an arcuate segment (12) by which a container (13) is partially surrounded if the container (13) is held in the holding position (7).
- 3. The cup holding device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the holding elements (6, 9) are arranged in the holding position (7) if the cup holding device (1) is arranged in its use position (4).
- 4. The cup holding device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the holding elements (6, 9) are arranged in the stowed position (8) if the cup holding device (1) is arranged in its non-use position (3).
- 5. The cup holding device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that for moving the holding elements (6, 9) from the stowed position (8) to the holding position (7) a spring element (14) is arranged at each of the holding elements (6, 9).
- 6. The cup holding device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that for bearing the container (13) in the holding position (7) the cup holding device (1) comprises a base support element (15), which is moved in dependency on the movement of the sliding part (2).
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| GB201322407A GB2511901A (en) | 2013-12-18 | 2013-12-18 | Cup-Holding device for an interior of a motor vehicle |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US5072989A (en) * | 1990-09-17 | 1991-12-17 | Prince Corporation | Pivoted arm cupholder |
| JPH0624266A (en) * | 1992-07-06 | 1994-02-01 | Nissan Shatai Co Ltd | Storage type cup holder device |
| WO1997044212A1 (en) * | 1996-05-23 | 1997-11-27 | Irvin Automotive Products, Inc. | Automotive cupholder adapted to retract into compact storage in vehicle armrest |
| JPH1035343A (en) * | 1996-07-18 | 1998-02-10 | Nippon Plast Co Ltd | Cup holder |
| US20040200942A1 (en) * | 2003-04-11 | 2004-10-14 | Devries Charles R. | Compact container holder |
| JP2012025212A (en) * | 2010-07-20 | 2012-02-09 | Inoac Corp | Storage box |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US5072989A (en) * | 1990-09-17 | 1991-12-17 | Prince Corporation | Pivoted arm cupholder |
| JPH0624266A (en) * | 1992-07-06 | 1994-02-01 | Nissan Shatai Co Ltd | Storage type cup holder device |
| WO1997044212A1 (en) * | 1996-05-23 | 1997-11-27 | Irvin Automotive Products, Inc. | Automotive cupholder adapted to retract into compact storage in vehicle armrest |
| JPH1035343A (en) * | 1996-07-18 | 1998-02-10 | Nippon Plast Co Ltd | Cup holder |
| US20040200942A1 (en) * | 2003-04-11 | 2004-10-14 | Devries Charles R. | Compact container holder |
| JP2012025212A (en) * | 2010-07-20 | 2012-02-09 | Inoac Corp | Storage box |
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