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US 2017/0324853 A1Published application
Apparatus for storing and deploying a cell phone
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsShivraj Karthik Ranganathan, Manjil M. Kale, Robert Michael Coury
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for storing and deploying a cell phone. That apparatus includes a guide track and a carriage displaceable along the guide track between a storage position and a deployed position. A drive element displaces the carriage between the two positions and a damping mechanism ensures that the carriage moves with a smooth and consistent motion along the guide track.
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An apparatus for storing and deploying a cell phone, comprising:
- a guide track;
- a carriage displaceable along said guide track between a storage position and a deployed position, said carriage including a cell phone tray that receives and holds the cell phone and an inductive cell phone charger carried on a rear face of the cell phone tray;
- a drive element displacing said carriage from said storage position to said deployed position;
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- a damping mechanism to provide smooth motion of said carriage along said guide track.
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An apparatus for storing and deploying a cell phone, comprising:
- a guide track;
- a carriage displaceable along said guide track between a storage position and a deployed position, said carriage including a releasable angled cover;
- a spring displacing said carriage from said storage position to said deployed position;
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- a push-push locking mechanism for locking said carriage in said storage position.
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