Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Matthew K Killeen

Ryan Craig Harris

Peter C Piper

Daniel J F Cressman

A storage system includes a storage surface for storing a container thereon. The storage surface defines a storage surface ridge. The storage surface ridge defines a cavity. The storage surface further defines a storage surface valley. The storage surface ridge and the storage surface valley interlock with a bottom surface of the container. The storage system also includes a temperature-regulating medium housed in the cavity. The temperature-regulating medium regulates a temperature of one or more contents of the container when the container is stored on the storage surface.

Temperature-regulating storage system

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a vehicle tire guard that retracts in response to a force. In one embodiment, the vehicle tire guard device includes a tire guard extending downward from a vehicle frame and a retraction system attached to the vehicle frame. The retraction system includes a spring-loaded wheel with circumferential interface elements to engage with and retract the tire guard responsive to a vertical force applied to the tire guard, a curved cam affixed to a planar surface of the spring-loaded wheel, and a spring-loaded rod biased against the planar surface. The spring-loaded rod and cam interact to prevent rotation of the spring-loaded wheel to retract the tire guard until the vertical force exceeds a threshold.

Vehicle tire guard device

Apparatuses, systems, and methods include a container receptacle configured to receive a beverage container. The container receptacle includes a perforated bottom surface configured to allow a spilled liquid and/or debris to pass therethrough. A drip tray extends beneath the container receptacle so as to collect the spilled liquid from the container receptacle. A bottom surface of the drip tray can be inclined so that liquid and/or debris is directed to a low point of the drip tray for collection.

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

Matthew K Killeen