Container holder that utilizes moldline structures

US6547117B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andrew Z. Glovatsky · Johnson City, US
• Robert Edward Belke · Beverly Hills, US
• Jay DeAvis Baker · Dearborn, US
• Joseph M. Giachino · Farmington Hills, US
• Lakhi Nandlal Goenka · Ann Arbor, US
• Myron Lemecha · Dearborn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2003
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S224/926
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container holder for receiving and securing a container is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the container holder comprises a base surface, at least one moldline structure unit, and a sensor. The sensor detects the presence of the container in the holder and induces deformation in the moldline structure unit such that the container is secured in the holder.