In-vehicle holder

• US 10,543,792 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2019
• Issued: 01/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yoshioka, Masahiro, Torikawa, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Larson, Justin M
• Application Number:
  US16/274,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20190299876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 349 Days
• Field of Search: D12422, D12425, D12419, 2483112, 224483
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/10 of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/107 with different elements of fixed geometry
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/03 for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems or for circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0075 using a containment or docking space
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/06 mounted on or below dashboards
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/08 Disposition of racks, clips , holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles B60R7/005 takes precedence

Abstract

An in-vehicle holder accommodates a mobile electronic device, along with a beverage cup. The device is readily viewed by a driver during charging. The holder includes first and second bottom plates, first and second sidewalls extending upward from edges of the bottom plates, and a device port on the second sidewall. The second plate is lower than, and connected to, the first plate via a stepped portion extending in a front/rear direction, and has a left edge connected to the stepped portion, an opposite right edge, a front-side edge, and an opposite back-side edge. The right edge and the front-side edge intersect in a corner raised by an elevated portion by the same amount as a level difference provided by the stepped portion. The second sidewall has a part slanting toward a back side with increasing height and is provided with the port.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle holder installed within reach of a driver'"'"'s seat in a vehicle, comprising:

a bottom plate;

a sidewall extending upward from an edge of the bottom plate; and

a mobile-electronic-device connection port provided on the sidewall, wherein,

the bottom plate includes a first bottom plate and a second bottom plate positioned lower than the first bottom plate and connected to the first bottom plate via a stepped portion extending in a front/rear direction,

the second bottom plate has a left edge connected to the stepped portion, a right edge opposite to the left edge, a front-side edge situated on a front side when viewed from the driver'"'"'s seat after installation, and a back-side edge opposite to the front-side edge, the right edge and the front-side edge intersecting in a corner raised by an elevated portion by the same amount as a level difference provided by the stepped portion, and

the back-side edge of the second bottom plate is connected to a part of the sidewall, the part slanting toward a back side with increasing height and being provided with the mobile-electronic-device connection port.

2. The in-vehicle holder according to claim 1, wherein the first bottom plate includes a circular portion corresponding to a bottom of a beverage cup.

3. The in-vehicle holder according to claim 1, wherein the stepped portion and the elevated portion are 3 to 5 cm apart in a left/right direction.

4. The in-vehicle holder according to claim 1, wherein the mobile-electronic-device connection port is a USB port with an openable cap.