DE102022205104A1 - Holding device for holding a container - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a holding device for holding a container (50) in a vehicle interior (9), with an upper frame part (12) in the position of use (2), which surrounds an upper region (76) of a container (50) held, and with a in the use position (2) lower holder (18), which supports a lower region (59) of a received container (50), at least one opening region (24) being formed between the frame part (12) and the holder (18), which Vehicle interior (9).In order to create a structurally lightweight and weight-saving holding device which, with a robust construction, always ensures safe insertion or removal of a container into the holding device, it is provided that at least one is located at least in the use position (2). Guide device (28) in the opening area (24) extends rigidly between the frame part (12) and the holder (18).

Description

The invention relates to a holding device for holding a container in a vehicle interior, with an upper frame part in the position of use, which surrounds an upper region of the container held, and with a lower holder in the position of use, which supports a lower region of the container held, between the frame part and the holder has at least one opening area which faces the vehicle interior.

In order to increase the comfort for the driver and/or the vehicle occupants in the front seats and/or in the rear of the vehicle, especially in motor vehicles, and to keep desired or needed things within reach while driving or when the vehicle is at a standstill, holding devices are used, which are also used in particular for beverage containers “Cupholder” are called. The term “container” is to be understood broadly in the context of the present invention and includes, among other things, cups, cans and in particular larger liquid containers, but also other housings or receptacles or packaging and the like for various objects.

From the DE 10 2007 057 547 A1 shows a holding device for a beverage container which, in the use position of the device, projects through a holder downwards towards the vehicle floor and stands on a surface provided in the motor vehicle interior. If the device is not needed, it can be folded up and folded away into a rest position.

The DE 10 2009 017 296 A1 relates to a drink holder with a circumferentially closed, cylindrical, cup-shaped receiving unit for holding a drinks container. Retaining or pressing cams (also known as “flaps”) are arranged evenly around the circumference of the receiving unit. The pressure cams can have at least one light exit surface in the upper area of the cup holder for illumination.

From the US 2015/0138798 A1 discloses a cup holder for holding a beverage container in a vehicle interior with two hollow cylindrical receiving units, on the inner circumference of which several pressure cams or fingers are arranged symmetrically and thus exert radial fixing forces on an inserted container. The bottom area and/or the fingers can be light-conducting and illuminated by a light source arranged in the bottom area.

From the CN 104553926 B In connection with a shell-like beverage cup holder for a car seat that is protected against damage caused by accidental kicking, a holding device of the type mentioned at the beginning emerges. The CN 104553926 B describes a holding device for holding one or, in another embodiment, two beverage containers in a vehicle interior. The holding device can be pivoted from its position of use into a rest position (non-use position) and back. The holding device comprises an upper, glasses-like frame part which has an upper holding area and, in the other embodiment, two upper holding areas. The holding area surrounds (each) the upper area of a container held, which in the position of use is also supported on a holder in the lower area of the holding device. A continuous free area or opening area facing the vehicle interior is provided between the upper frame part and the lower bracket or brackets.

It is an object of the present invention to design a holding device of the type mentioned in such a way that safe insertion or removal of a container into the holding device is always guaranteed.

This object is achieved according to the invention by a holding device with the features of patent claim 1.

Accordingly, in a holding device of the type mentioned at the outset, at least one guide device in the opening region extends rigidly between the frame part and the holder, at least in the position of use.

In a particularly simple manner, a holding device is created which, due to the shell-side or outer free or opening area, does not appear solid or block-like, but rather delicate and light (so-called "half-open cup holder"), which nevertheless allows secure insertion or insertion in the position of use Removal of the container is guaranteed even by inexperienced or distracted users.

The guide device designed as a rigid guide part or as a guide rail(s) serves multifunctionally both as an insertion and removal aid and as a defined counter bearing for the container. Inclinations or tilting of the container that go beyond an angle of inclination - possibly permitted by the guide device - are reliably prevented. This minimizes the risk that the contents of the Container escapes unintentionally and uncontrollably and thus impairs or even endangers the vehicle interior or the vehicle occupants.

For the functionality in the position of use, an essential aspect is that the guide device provides a rigid guidance between the frame part and the holder, in particular is not resilient and cannot be swiveled away in the position of use or - apart from a certain material elasticity - is elastically resilient. In the non-use position, the guide device can remain in its fixed position relative to the frame part and the holder. However, during the transition - for example in the course of a pivoting movement of the entire holding device - into the non-use position, it can also fold or pivot away into a non-use position.

The holding device can have only one receiving area for one container, but also several, preferably two, receiving areas for a corresponding number of containers.

Further preferred embodiments of the invention result from the remaining features mentioned in the subclaims and in the following description and shown in the figures of the drawing, the individual features basically being able to be implemented independently of one another and in any combination.

An advantageous development of the invention with regard to the embodiment of a rigid and always fixed position of the guide device with respect to the frame part and / or the holder provides that the frame part has a recess facing the holder, into which an end region of the guide device is inserted or inserted is. This enables the invention to be implemented in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner in terms of production technology.

For both a positionally stable and acoustically optimized (avoidance of rattling noises) holding of the container and the firm reception of one end region of the guide device, it is preferred if on the frame part at least in sections in the area of the guide device there is a rubber element pointing inwards - i.e. into the container receptacle is arranged.

The rubber element can preferably consist of EPDM rubber. EPDM refers to an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, which defines a group of synthetic rubbers. The polymerization of propylene, ethylene and a diene creates a so-called ter-polymer. EPDM is particularly resistant to sunlight and weather influences.

The guide device can preferably be designed in one piece or in one piece. It is particularly preferably designed as a U-shaped bracket, on whose bracket bars the container slides along with its base or jacket area during the insertion or removal movement. The connecting area of the U-legs (U-bottom) preferably forms the end area of the guide device, which is inserted or plugged into the frame part.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the holding device according to the invention, the guide device is designed as a rigid slide rail or as a rigid guide web.

In a further multi-functional embodiment of the guide device, according to a particularly preferred development of the invention, it is provided that the guide device forms a counter bearing for a contact pressure which exerts at least one pressure cam radially from the outside onto the jacket area of the container held. Unlike the prior art presented at the beginning, the guide device forms a counter bearing, which preferably acts continuously during the insertion or removal process, for the contact pressure exerted by the pressure cam or cams, so that the acting forces lie approximately in a horizontal plane and so on Counteract tilting.

According to a preferred further development of the invention in this regard, it is provided that a plurality of pressure cams are provided, which act radially from the outside on the jacket area of the container held, and that the guide device forms a counter bearing for the resulting contact pressure. Particularly preferably, the pressing cams are arranged symmetrically so that their pressing forces generate a resulting counterforce that is approximately perpendicular to the guide device.

For a particularly appealing appearance and to further increase comfort in the dark, it is preferably provided that the guide device consists at least partially of a light-conducting material into which light from a light source is coupled.

The guide device can at least partially consist of a luminescent material so that it actively emits light and thus contributes to a particularly high-quality and at the same time functional appearance of the holding device according to the invention.

From a design perspective and/or for the conspicuous placement of information, emblems or brands, according to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the guide device has a labeled and/or colored surface facing the vehicle interior, which has a colored coating, a message, a brand and /or can have an emblem.

• 1 in perspektivischer Ansicht eine erste Ausgestaltungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Haltevorrichtung,
• 2 Einzelheiten im Schnitt entlang der Linie II-II der 1,
• 3 schematisch im Querschnitt den Einsetzvorgang eines Behälters in die Haltevorrichtung nach 1,
• 4 schematisch im Querschnitt die Haltevorrichtung nach 1 mit vollständig eingesetztem Behälter,
• 5 den Zustand nach 4 in Aufsicht von oben
• 6 eine andere Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Haltevorrichtung und
• 7 die Einzelheit B aus 6.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are further explained below with reference to a drawing. Show in it:

• 1 in a perspective view a first embodiment of a holding device according to the invention,
• 2 Details in section along line II-II of the 1 ,
• 3 schematically in cross section the insertion process of a container into the holding device 1 ,
• 4 schematically in cross section the holding device 1 with container fully inserted,
• 5 the condition 4 in supervision from above
• 6 another embodiment of the holding device according to the invention and
• 7 the detail B 6 .

1 shows a perspective view from the top left of a holding device 1, which is in 1 is shown in its position of use 2. If necessary, the holding device can be pivoted in a manner known per se about an axis of rotation 3, which is only indicated schematically, from the position of use 2 in the direction of arrow P1 into a rest position, not shown in more detail. In the use position 2 - in this exemplary embodiment 2 - receptacles 5 and 6 ( 3 ) for one container at a time, e.g. a drinks cup or an ashtray, accessible from above. In use position 2, a rear region 8 of the holding device points backwards into the vehicle interior 9 in the direction P2, i.e. it faces the vehicle occupants.

A spectacle-shaped part 10 forms an upper frame part 12 in the position of use, which has an upper region or circumference 76 ( 4 ) of an inserted container at least partially surrounds. The holding device comprises a lower base 14, which is essentially horizontally oriented in the position of use 2, the circumference of which is at least partially surrounded by a preferably conical edge 15 which widens upwards. The bottom 14 and/or the edge 15 form a storage area 16 for the container to be inserted, which is generally referred to below as the holder 18. The lower area of the container being held is supported on or on the holder 18 ( 4 ).

Even if in connection with 1 a special embodiment of the holding device 1 is shown as a duo or tandem receptacle with two receptacles 5, 6, the holding device can of course also have only a single receptacle or more than two receptacles. Since the receptacles 5, 6 are designed essentially the same (although mirror-symmetrical to a longitudinal plane), functionally identical elements of the receptacles 5 and 6 are provided with the same reference numbers in the figures and the following explanation is also given for the receptacle 5 on the basis of the design the recording 6.

Between the frame part 12 and the holder 18, a material recess or clearance 22 is provided over at least 180 degrees of the lateral surface 20 or the circumference of each receptacle 5, 6, which is also referred to below as the opening area 24. The opening areas 24 of the two receptacles 5, 6 merge into one another and, viewed in the circumferential direction of the respective receptacle, end at a web 25 which separates the receptacles 5, 6. The opening area 24 faces the vehicle interior 9.

A guide device 28 extends in each receptacle between the frame part 12 and the holder 18. The guide device 28 is also described below using only the receptacle 6. The guide device 28 is inherently rigid and consists of a robust, solid material such as plastic or metal. One upper end 29 of the guide device 28 is firmly and rigidly connected to the frame part 12 and the other, lower end 30 is firmly and rigidly connected to the holder 18. In this exemplary embodiment, the guide device 28 is designed as a web in the form of a slide rail 31, which is preferably provided with a sliding coating on the inside of the receiver.

2 shows a perspective view of a section (in the vehicle's longitudinal axis) in area II-II, which further clarifies the arrangement and accommodation of the guide device 28 (slide rail 31). The upper frame part 12 is provided, at least in the area of the slide rail 31, with a recess in the form of a downwardly open, circumferential groove 32 with an (inverted) V-shaped cross section 34. The end 29 of the slide rail 31 is inserted or inserted into this groove 32 and the other end 30 is rigidly connected to the hollow edge 15. The slide rail 31 is slightly oblique or inclined because it forms an angle α of less than 90° with the horizontal. The sliding Rail 31 thus forms a glide path that is oriented or runs downwards towards the center of the recording.

A lighting unit 42, shown only schematically, is arranged in a cavity 40 underneath. The guide device 28 consists at least partially of a light-conducting and/or light-emitting (luminescent) material 41, which can optionally be colored in order to give the emerging light a desired color. The end 30 of the guide device 28 enters the cavity 40 through an opening 44 and is thus positioned in relation to the lighting unit 42. The guide device 28 has a surface 48 facing the vehicle interior, which can be printed or printed with a colored coating, a note, a brand and/or an emblem 49.

The 3 and 4 show in a slightly perspective cross-sectional view the insertion process (in the insertion direction P3) or the removal process (in the removal direction P4) of a container 50 with a jacket area 51 into the receptacle 6. Two pressure cams 52, 53, which are arranged symmetrically to the longitudinal plane, protrude into the receptacles are pivoted into the receptacle 5 or 6 through an opening 54, 55 (see 5 ; 3 and 4 Due to the sectional view, only one pressure cam 52 and one opening 54 are shown). If the container 50 is inserted in the insertion direction P3, the lower region 59 of the container first comes into contact with a contact surface 60 of the pressure cam 52 and pivots it outwards in the pivoting direction S1 against a spring force. Due to the spring force applied to the pressure cam 52, a force F acts via the container 50 on the guide device 28 or on its sliding coating 63. The guide device 28 thus serves as a (continuously acting) counter bearing 69, on which the lower region 59 or the container edge 70 is guided in a defined manner and slides comfortably.

In the event of an insertion movement without the guide device 28 or without the counter bearing 69, the container edge 70 or container base 71 would, in the worst case scenario, hit an edge or step 73 formed by the edge 15, which could lead to the container tipping or tilting. Because without a guide device 28, the frame part 12 would essentially act as a counter bearing for the forces exerted by the pressure cams 52, 53. However, this means that the contact of the pressure cams 52, 53 on the container 50 on the one hand and the contact of the container 50 with the frame part 12 on the other hand would not be in an (approximately) horizontal plane, which could result in the previously described undesirable inclination or tilting of the container 50.

4 shows the container 50 inserted completely or up to a stop, which is formed by the contact of the container base 71 with the base 14 or the holder 18. You can see the essentially vertical orientation of the container 50, which advantageously prevents unwanted vibration or rattling noises a rubber element 75 ( 2 ) is secured, which is in contact with the jacket area 51 of the container 50 in its upper area 76.

At the same time, the rubber element 75, which also extends radially outwards into the V-shaped cross section 34 of the groove 32, serves to firmly and definedly fix the upper end 29 of the guide device 28 ( 2 ). In order to remove the container 50, the upper region of the container 50 is gripped and removed upwards in the direction of arrow P4 while relaxing the spring-loaded cams 52, 53, the container bottom 71 or the container edge 70 sliding upwards along the guide device 28.

5 shows a top view of the holding device 1 with an unoccupied receptacle 5 and with a container 50 accommodated in the receptacle 6. You can see the pressure cams 52, 53, which are each arranged in a mirror-symmetrical arrangement relative to a longitudinal plane of symmetry. The resulting force F exerted by the pressure cams 52, 53 on the inserted container 50 is absorbed, as described, by the guide device 28, which acts as a counter bearing 69.

6 shows an alternative embodiment of a holding device 1 'according to the invention, in which the previously described guide device designed as a web or slide rail is replaced by a substantially U-shaped guide bracket 90.

The guide bracket 90 is like the one in 7 shown detail A 6 clarified, with its free ends 91, 92 embedded in the edge 15 of the holder 18, while the connecting region 94 of the free ends 91, 92 is inserted into a recess 95 of the frame part 12 in a similar manner as previously described. The U-shaped bracket 90 thus fulfills in an analogous manner the previously described functionalities as a guide device 28 ', in particular the sliding guidance and alignment of a container to be inserted or removed.

Reference symbol list

1, 1`

Holding device

2

Position of use

3

Axis of rotation

5, 6

Recording

8th

the backstage area

9

Vehicle interior

10

glasses-shaped part

12

frame part

14

Floor

15

edge

16

Storage area

18

bracket

20

Lateral surface

22

Clearance

24

Opening area

25

web

28

Management facility

28`

Management facility

29

top end

30

lower end

31

Slide rail

32

Nut

34

V-shaped cross section

40

cavity

41

material

42

Lighting unit

44

opening

48

Area

49

emblem

50

container

51

Mantle area

52

Pressure cams

53

Pressure cams

54

opening

55

opening

59

lower area of the container

60

Contact surface of the pressure cam 55

63

Anti-friction coating

69

counter bearing

70

lower edge of the container

71

container bottom

73

Level

75

Rubber element

76

upper area

90

Guide bracket

91, 92

free ends

94

Connection area

95

recess

A

detail

F

Power

P1

Arrow direction

P2

Direction

P3

Direction of insertion

P4

removal direction

S1

Swivel direction

QUOTES INCLUDED IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• DE 102007057547 A1 [0003]
• DE 102009017296 A1 [0004]
• US 2015/0138798 A1 [0005]
• CN 104553926 B [0006]

Claims (10)

Holding device for holding a container (50) in a vehicle interior (9), - with an upper frame part (12) in the position of use (2), which surrounds an upper region (76) of a container (50) held, and - with one in the position of use (2) lower holder (18), which supports a lower region (59) of a received container (50), - at least one opening region (24) being formed between the frame part (12) and the holder (18), which corresponds to the vehicle interior (9), characterized in that - at least in the use position (2) in the opening region (24) at least one guide device (28) extends rigidly between the frame part (12) and the holder (18). Holding device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that - the frame part (12) has a recess (32) facing the holder (18), into which one end (29) of the guide device (28) is inserted or inserted. Holding device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - an inwardly pointing rubber element (75) is arranged on the frame part (12), at least in sections in the area of the guide device (28). Holding device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - the guide device (28) is designed as a U-shaped bracket (90). Holding device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - the guide device (28) is designed as a slide rail (31). Holding device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - the guide device (28) forms a counter bearing (69) for a contact pressure (F), which applies at least one pressure cam (52, 53) from the outside to the jacket area (51) of a received Container (50) exercises. holding device Claim 6 , characterized in that - several pressure cams (52, 53) are provided, which act from the outside on the jacket area (51) of a container (50) held, and that the guide device (28) has a counter bearing (69) for the resulting contact pressure (F) forms. Holding device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - the guide device (28) consists at least partially of a light-conducting material (41) and that a lighting unit (42) couples light into the material (41). Holding device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - the guide device (28) consists at least partially of a luminescent material. Holding device according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that - the guide device (28) has a surface (48) facing the vehicle interior (9) which is provided with a colored coating, an indication, a brand and/or an emblem.

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