IP Library Granted Patent US 10,173,589
Granted Patent B2
US 10,173,589 · App. 15/314,396 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Cup holder

Inventor: Yoshihide Takahama (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
B60Q3/64B60N3/10B60N3/101B60Q3/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,173,589
App. No.
15/314,396
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cup holder includes a cup holder body which has a bottomed container shape and is capable of accommodating a beverage container; a decorative finisher member which is installed in an upper edge portion of the cup holder body; a light guide member which is interposed between a lower portion of the finisher member and an upper edge portion of the cup holder body. A light-guide-member installation part and a finisher-member fixing part are provided in the cup holder body. The finisher-member fixing part fixes the finisher member to the cup holder body in a state where the finisher member is separated with a gap part from an upper side of the light guide member.

Claims (13)

1. A cup holder comprising:

a cup holder body which has a bottomed container shape and is capable of accommodating a beverage container;

a decorative finisher member which is installed in an upper edge portion of the cup holder body; and

a light guide member which is interposed between a lower portion of the finisher member and the upper edge portion of the cup holder body and is capable of illuminating an interior of the cup holder body with light from a light source, wherein:

a light-guide-member installation part in which the light guide member is installable, and a finisher-member fixing part to which the finisher member is fixable are provided in the cup holder body; and

the finisher-member fixing part fixes the finisher member to the cup holder body in a state where the finisher member is separated with a gap part from an upper side of the light guide member, wherein the gap part is configured as a void space located between the finisher member and the light guide member.

2. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein:

a rising part is provided to stand upward on an outer peripheral side than a portion, which covers the light guide member, of the finisher member; and

a fixing boss part corresponding to the finisher-member fixing part is provided on an inside of the rising part.

3. The cup holder according to claim 1 , wherein:

a light-incident part, to which the light is incident from the light source, protrudes from the light guide member;

the light-incident part serves as an insertion end part which is insertable to an emission hole part to which the light from the light source is emitted; and

a penetration-preventing enlarged-diameter part which is capable of preventing liquid from penetrating to the emission hole part is provided in the vicinity of the insertion end part.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2025
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071577/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2016
From: TAKAHAMA, YOSHIHIDE
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040433/0914 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-110567 · May 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170182937A1 · Jun 29, 2017
Cited By (1)
US 12,441,225