US 12,415,452 B2Granted

Cup holder for vehicle

AssigneeHyundai Ind. Co., Ltd.

InventorsMin Soo Kim, Woo Jung Jang

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a cup holder for an automobile, which is installed in the interior of a vehicle for holding a beverage cup or a beverage can, and includes a capturing part accommodated in a case (10) through a front cover (13) of a cup holder or advancing forward, and a support plate (31) connected to the capturing part (21) via a first link plate (51) and a second link plate (54), wherein in a use state that the capturing part (21) advances forward from the case (10), when a user puts a beverage cup on the support plate (31) in an exposed state or moves the support plate (31) slightly downward, the support plate (31) quickly moves downward and then maintains the moved state, and on the contrary, when the user rotates the support plate (31) and the capturing part (21) on the plane to store the support plate (31) and the capturing part (21) into the case (10) or moves the support plate (31) slightly upward, the support plate (31) quickly moves upward and is folded to be easily stored in the case (10) together with the capturing part (21).

A cup holder for a vehicle in which a capturing part stored in a case is rotated around a rotation shaft and is moved forward,

wherein inside the capturing part, a first link fixing hole into which a first link fixing shaft of a first link plate is inserted and connected, a second link fixing hole into which a second link fixing shaft of a second link plate is inserted and connected, and a spring shaft hole into which one end of a spring link is inserted and connected are formed,
wherein a vertical plate is formed on one side of a horizontal support plate connected to the capturing part, a first link rotation shaft inserted and connected into a first link rotation hole of the first link plate is formed on the top of the vertical plate, and a second link rotation shaft inserted and connected into a second link rotation hole of the second link plate is formed on the rear surface of the vertical plate,
wherein the first and second link plates connecting the vertical plate and the capturing part are configured between the vertical plate of the support plate and the capturing part, a first link fixing shaft inserted and connected into the first link fixing hole of the capturing part is formed on one end of the first link plate, and the first link rotation hole into which the first link rotation shaft of the vertical plate is inserted and connected is formed on the other end thereof, and a second link fixing shaft inserted and connected into the second link fixing hole of the capturing part and a rotation gear engaging with a damper gear are formed on one end of the second link plate, a second link rotation hole into which the second link rotation shaft of the vertical plate is inserted and connected is formed on the other end thereof, and a spring rotation hole into which one end of the spring link is formed on the side thereof, and
wherein ends of the spring link with elasticity causing both ends of the spring link to be separated are respectively inserted and connected into the spring shaft hole and the spring rotation hole.

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