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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Ligi, Jr., Chelsea, MI (US);
Rosaria L. Petrella-Lovasik, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Scott Holmes Dunham, Redford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B60N 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/106 (2013.01); B60N 3/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle beverage receptacle may include a beverage receptacle including a plurality of fingers protruding radially inwardly into the receptacle to maintain a beverage container within the receptacle, a band arranged around an outer perimeter of the receptacle and engaging a backside of the fingers to apply a radially inward force at the fingers, and a tension adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the tension of the band and adjust the force applied at the fingers.