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US 2003/0155345 A1Published application
Heated cup holder system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorS. Levent Kara
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Abstract
The invention relates to a heatable cup system, comprising a cup (1) and a cup holder (2), that is suitable, for example, for attachment to a console of a motor vehicle. The cup (1) and the cup holder (2) have corresponding, electric contacts (4, 5) for the supply of current to a heating element (3) in the base of the cup (1). The electric contacts of the cup holder (2) are mounted moveably and are designed as magnets (5), in order to produce a contact assisted by magnetic force.
Claims11
A heated cup system comprising:
- a cup, said cup comprising an electric heating element,
- a first set of electrical contacts associated with said cup, said first set of electrical contacts being operatively coupled to said electric heating element,
- a cup holder, and
- a second set of electrical contacts associated with said cup holder, said second set of electrical contacts being attracted to said first set of electrical contacts by a magnetic force,
- wherein said first set of electrical contacts and said second set of electrical contacts form a connection when said cup holder receives said cup in a mated position, said magnetic force facilitating said connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.