Cup holder for a motor vehicle

US9180806B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael Schreiber · Frankfurt, DE
• Wilhelm Sulzbacher · Mandel, DE
• Michael Ross Graf · Lakewood, US
• Marian Piskon · Wiesbaden, DE
• Ralf Venino · Flörsheim, DE
• Holger Thums · Bad Soden am Taunus, DE
• Stephan Walter · Stuvsta-Snättringe, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R7/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle is provided with a cup holder incorporated into a center console, the cup holder including, but not limited to a front wall, a back wall, two side walls and a base wall, which delimit a receiving space for at least one object, a dividing element, able to be fastened at the upper end region of the receiving space in a dividing position, for dividing the receiving space into a first receiving compartment for a first object and into a second receiving compartment for a second object. The dividing element is constructed from a first part dividing element and a second part dividing element and the first and second part dividing elements are connected pivotably with one another by at least one intermediate joint.