The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210126143.1 filed in the Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration on Feb. 10, 2022, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle field, and more particularly, to a rotatable cup holder for a vehicle and a vehicle provided with the same.
To meet the needs of people holding articles in vehicles, devices, which may be conveniently used, may be provided in the vicinity of passenger seats. For example, as illustrated in
However, all the cup holders in the related art are configured to hold only water cup, and functions of the cup holders are comparatively unified.
Accordingly, it is necessary to further improve the cup holder in the related art.
The information included in this Background of the present disclosure is only for enhancement of understanding of the general background of the present disclosure and may not be taken as an acknowledgement or any form of suggestion that this information forms the prior art already known to a person skilled in the art.
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing a rotatable cup holder for a vehicle that has a rotatable cup holder mounting seat and a cup holder upper cover provided on the rotatable cup holder so that an object such as a mobile phone may be placed on the rotatable cup holder, and which is rotatable to allow a user at various positions to use the rotatable cup holder, and a vehicle provided with the same.
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing a rotatable cup holder for a vehicle, the rotatable cup holder including: a cup holder mounting seat configured to be mounted on a vehicle body and including a first accommodation chamber recessed downward; a cup holder main body rotatably mounted in the first accommodation chamber; and a cup holder upper cover fixed to an upper portion of the cup holder main body and including a catching groove provided in an upper surface of the cup holder upper cover to mount an object in the catching groove.
A first extension portion extending upward may be provided on the upper surface of the cup holder upper cover, and the catching groove may be provided in the first extension portion.
A second extension portion extending downward may be provided on the cup holder upper cover, an insertion connection portion extending downward may be provided on the second extension portion, a first connection portion may be provided on the upper portion of the cup holder main body, and the insertion connection portion may be coupled to the first connection portion.
The cup holder upper cover may further include a third extension portion extending downward and positioned at an external periphery of the second extension portion, a position limiting portion and a fourth extension portion may be provided between the second extension portion and the third extension portion, the position limiting portion may have a plurality of teeth, an annular accommodation portion may be provided on an upper portion of the first accommodation chamber, an arcuate position limiting rubber pad and a first position limiting elastic member may be mounted in the accommodation portion, a protrusion may be provided on an upper portion of the first position limiting elastic member, the fourth extension portion of the cup holder upper cover may push the position limiting rubber pad, and the protrusion of the first position limiting elastic member may be fitted with the plurality of teeth of the position limiting portion of the cup holder upper cover so that a position of the cup holder upper cover is limited.
A first damping member may be provided between a sidewall of the cup holder main body and a sidewall of the first accommodation chamber, and a second damping member may be provided between a bottom plate of the cup holder main body and a bottom plate of the first accommodation chamber.
An annular fifth extension portion extending downward and an annular sixth extension portion positioned at an external periphery of the fifth extension portion may be provided on a lower surface of the bottom plate of the cup holder main body, a blind hole may be formed at a center portion of the fifth extension portion, an accommodation groove may be formed in a space between the fifth extension portion and the sixth extension portion, the rotatable cup holder may further include a rotary bracket and a screw, and the rotary bracket may be mounted at a lower side of the accommodation groove by the screw.
A second accommodation chamber recessed downward may be provided in a bottom plate of the first accommodation chamber, the second accommodation chamber may accommodate the fifth extension portion and the sixth extension portion, a first through-hole may be provided in a bottom portion of the second accommodation chamber, the rotary bracket may include an annular insertion portion and an annular position limiting portion integrally formed with each other, a diameter of the annular insertion portion may be smaller than a diameter of the annular position limiting portion, a second through-hole may be provided in the annular insertion portion to accommodate a bottom portion of the fifth extension portion, a third through-hole may be provided in the annular position limiting portion and correspond to the second through-hole, the annular insertion portion may penetrate the first through-hole and then be inserted into the accommodation groove, and the screw may penetrate the third through-hole from below to above and then be threaded to inside of the fifth extension portion to restrict the annular position limiting portion toward a lower side of the second accommodation chamber.
The rotatable cup holder for a vehicle may further include a second position limiting elastic member, in which the second position limiting elastic member is mounted in the accommodation groove and surrounds the fifth extension portion, upper and lower end portions of the second position limiting elastic member respectively come into contact with a lower surface of the bottom plate of the cup holder main body and an upper surface of the annular position limiting portion of the rotary bracket to provide tension, and the tension brings cross-sections of the rotary bracket and the screw into contact with each other.
A seventh extension portion extending downward may be further provided on the lower surface of the bottom plate of the cup holder main body, an arcuate position limiting groove may be provided in the bottom plate of the first accommodation chamber, and the seventh extension portion may be inserted into the arcuate position limiting groove and slidable along the arcuate position limiting groove.
A protruding portion or a concave groove may further be provided on the first extension portion.
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing a vehicle provided with the rotatable cup holder for a vehicle according to the first aspect.
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the rotatable cup holder for a vehicle may hold an object such as a mobile phone and be rotatable to enable a user at various positions to use the rotatable cup holder.
The methods and apparatuses of the present disclosure have other features and advantages which will be apparent from or are set forth in more detail in the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein, and the following Detailed Description, which together serve to explain certain principles of the present disclosure.
It may be understood that the appended drawings are not necessarily to scale, presenting a somewhat simplified representation of various features illustrative of the basic principles of the present disclosure. The specific design features of the present disclosure as disclosed herein, including, for example, specific dimensions, orientations, locations, and shapes will be determined in part by the particularly intended application and use environment.
In the figures, reference numbers refer to the same or equivalent parts of the present disclosure throughout the several figures of the drawing.
Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the present disclosure(s), examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below. While the present disclosure(s) will be described in conjunction with exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it will be understood that the present description is not intended to limit the present disclosure(s) to those exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. On the other hand, the present disclosure(s) is/are intended to cover not only the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, but also various alternatives, modifications, equivalents and other embodiments, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
Hereinafter, respective embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating the embodiments. While the present disclosure will be described with reference to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it should be understood that the present specification is not intended to limit the present disclosure to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. On the other hand, the present disclosure includes not only the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, but also various types of selection forms, modification forms, equivalence forms, and other embodiments within the spirit of the present disclosure and the scope defined by the appended claims.
Hereinafter, a rotatable cup holder for a vehicle according to various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to
As illustrated in
An object such as a water cup may be held in the cup holder main body 3 (see
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the cup holder upper cover 1 has an annular and hollow shape as a whole. When the cup holder upper cover 1 is mounted on the cup holder main body 3, the cup holder upper cover 1 does not affect a situation in which the user places an object such as a cup on the cup holder main body 3.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a first extension portion 13 extending upward is provided on the upper surface of the cup holder upper cover 1 (see
A diameter of the first extension portion 13 gradually decreases from an upper portion to a lower portion thereof (see
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the catching groove 17 is approximately perpendicular to a horizontal plane (see
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the catching groove 17 is provided to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plane (see
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a plurality of concave grooves 18 is additionally provided in the first extension portion 13 (see
In addition to the concave groove 18, a protruding portion may be provided to allow the user to conveniently rotate the cup holder by increasing the frictional force between the user's hand and the first extension portion 13 at the time of rotating the cup holder.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the cup holder upper cover 1 has a second extension portion 14 extending downward (see
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
The third extension portion 15 may be coupled to the position limiting rubber pad 2 and implement a dust-proof function.
The fourth extension portion 16 has an annular shape and is positioned at the external periphery of the position limiting portion 11. The fourth extension portion 16 pushes the position limiting rubber pad 2, and a downward movement of the fourth extension portion 16 is restricted by the position limiting rubber pad 2.
The plurality of teeth 111 of the position limiting portion 11 may be fitted with protrusions 101 of the first position limiting elastic member 10 which will be described below.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the position limiting rubber pad 2 has an arcuate shape. Two position limiting rubber pads 2 are provided.
An upper surface of the position limiting rubber pad 2 is flat so that the fourth extension portion 16 of the cup holder upper cover 1 can rotate along the upper surface of the position limiting rubber pad 2. Meanwhile, the position limiting rubber pad 2 may restrict the downward movement of the fourth extension portion 16. On the other hand, the position limiting rubber pad 2 may increase damping properties during a process of rotating the cup holder upper cover 1.
A plurality of insertion portions 21 is provided on a lower surface of the position limiting rubber pad 2 (see
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a first connection portion 31 is provided on an upper portion of the cup holder main body 3 so that the insertion connection portion 12 of the second extension portion 14 of the cup holder upper cover 1 is coupled to the first connection portion 31 (see
The insertion connection portion 12 of the second extension portion 14 of the cup holder upper cover 1 is inserted into a concave groove of the first connection portion 31 to fix the cup holder upper cover 1 to the cup holder main body 3 so that the cup holder upper cover 1 and the cup holder main body 3 are rotated in a synchronized manner.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
A cross-section of a contact surface of the bracket 36 and the first damping member 5 is formed in an arcuate shape so that an opening thereof is directed outward.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
A rubber pad may be used as the second damping member 6.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
The plurality of insertion portions 21 on the lower surface of the position limiting rubber pad 2 is inserted into the mounting grooves 46.
Catching grooves 472 are provided at two opposite sides of the mounting frame 47, and protruding portions 471 are provided at upper end portions of the two opposite sides of the mounting frame 47. Each of the two protruding portions 471 is bent toward the catching groove 472 adjacent to the protruding portion 471 (see
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
A gap is formed between the stepped surface 48 of the bottom portion of the second accommodation chamber 43 and the bottom portion of the sixth extension portion 33. When the cup holder main body 3 sways upward or downward, the bottom portion of the sixth extension portion 33 may come into contact with the stepped surface 48 of the bottom portion of the second accommodation chamber 43 to restrict the sixth extension portion 33 of the stepped surface 48, preventing an extent in which the cup holder main body 3 sways downwardly from being excessively increased.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an arcuate position limiting groove 45 may be additionally provided in the bottom plate of the first accommodation chamber 41 (see
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, two first position limiting elastic members 10 are provided and respectively mounted on the mounting frames 47 corresponding to each other.
The first position limiting elastic member 10 is made of an elastic material and includes a protrusion 101, a connection portion 102, and the hook portions 103 that are integrally formed with each other (see
During the process of rotating the cup holder upper cover 1, the protrusion 101 of the first position limiting elastic member 10 may be fitted with one of the plurality of teeth 111 of the position limiting portion 11 of the cup holder upper cover 1 to limit the position of the cup holder upper cover 1 to a particular position thereof. The plurality of teeth 111 may be provided, and the position of the cup holder upper cover 1 may be limited to a plurality of positions by the protrusion 101 of the first position limiting elastic member 10.
The position limiting relationship between the arcuate position limiting groove 45 of the cup holder mounting seat 4 and the seventh extension portion 35 of the cup holder main body 3 allows the cup holder main body 3 and the cup holder upper cover 1 to rotate only within a predetermined range of degree of curvature, preventing the position limiting portion 11 of the cup holder upper cover 1 from separating from the protrusion 101 of the first position limiting elastic member 10.
The rotatable cup holder for a vehicle according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure further includes the rotary bracket 8. The rotary bracket 8 is mounted on the bottom portion of the fifth extension portion 32 of the cup holder main body 3 by a screw 9.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, as illustrated in
A diameter of the third through-hole 84 may be smaller than that of the second through-hole 83 to form a stepped surface 86. The stepped surface 86 may restrict the fifth extension portion 32.
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an annular protruding portion 85 may be provided on an upper surface of the annular position limiting portion 82. In general, a gap is formed between the bottom surface 49 of the second accommodation chamber 43 and the annular protruding portion 85. When the rotary bracket 8 sways upward or downward by the cup holder main body 3, the annular protruding portion 85 may come into contact with the bottom surface 49 of the second accommodation chamber 43, preventing an extent in which the cup holder main body 3 sways upwardly or downwardly from being excessively increased.
The installation of the arcuate protruding portion 85 may reduce a frictional force after the annular position limiting portion 82 comes into contact with the cup holder mounting seat 4 in comparison with the case in which the upper surface of the annular position limiting portion 82 comes into direct contact with the bottom surface of the second accommodation chamber 43.
During an assembling process, the screw 9 is provided to penetrate the third through-hole 84 from below to above and is threaded to the inside of the fifth extension portion 32, restricting the annular position limiting portion 82 toward the lower side of the second accommodation chamber 43.
In general, a screw thread portion of the screw 9 is not tightened to be fully inserted into the fifth extension portion 32. Therefore, a distance between the bottom plate of the cup holder main body 3 and the rotary bracket 8 may be adjusted by adjusting the screw 9. Therefore, a frictional force between the bottom plate of the cup holder main body 3 and the second damping member 6 is adjusted by adjusting pressure between the bottom plate of the cup holder main body 3 and the second damping member 6 (i.e., the damping properties occurring on the cup holder main body 3 of the second damping member 6 are adjusted).
In the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the rotatable cup holder for a vehicle further includes a second position limiting elastic member 7. The second position limiting elastic member 7 is mounted in the accommodation groove 34 and surrounds the fifth extension portion 32. Upper and lower end portions of the second position limiting elastic member 7 respectively come into contact with the lower surface of the bottom plate of the cup holder main body 3 and the upper surface of the annular position limiting portion 82 of the rotary bracket 8 to provide tension. The tension brings the cross-sections of the rotary bracket 8 and the screw 9 into contact with each other to prevent relative releasing between the rotary bracket 8 and the screw 9, maintaining stability of screw force.
A coil spring may be used as the second position limiting elastic member 7.
Another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure additionally provides a vehicle provided with the rotatable cup holder.
The rotatable cup holder may be a rotatable cup holder provided on an armrest between a driver seat and a passenger seat. The rotatable cup holder may be provided on a rear seat. The rotatable cup holder may hold an object such as a mobile phone or a tablet and be rotated to enable the user at various positions to use the rotatable cup holder.
Hereinafter, an operation of the rotatable cup holder for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.
When the user intends to place a water cup, the user may mount the water cup directly in the cup holder main body 3 (see
When no water cup is not placed, the user may place an object such as a mobile phone or a tablet in the catching grooves 17 on the cup holder upper cover 1 and then see the object (see
The user may also rotate the object such as a mobile phone or a tablet by an appropriate angle by rotating the first extension portion 13 of the cup holder upper cover 1 and conveniently see the object (see
To better interpret and accurately define the appended claims, and the terms “upper”, “lower”, “inner”, “outer”, “upper surface”, “lower surface”, “upper side”, “lower side”, “upward”, “downward”, “front”, “rear”, “back”, “inner side”, “external side”, “inward”, “outward”, “inner portion”, “external portion”, “inner”, “outer”, “forward”, and “rearward” are intended to explain the features of the exemplary embodiment with reference to the positions of the features illustrated in the drawings.
The foregoing descriptions of specific exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present disclosure to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The exemplary embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain certain principles of the invention and their practical application, to enable others skilled in the art to make and utilize various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, as well as various alternatives and modifications thereof. It is intended that the scope of the present disclosure be defined by the Claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
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202210126143.1 | Feb 2022 | CN | national |