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Patent No.:

US 12024088 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2023

Lighting system for vehicle cupholder with inductive power coupling and related methods

Applicant:

Voxx International Corporation, Hauppauge, NY (US);

Inventors:

John Adams, Pinehurst, NC (US);

Jason Gossiaux, Leander, TX (US);

Mangesh Vinayak Soman, South Lyon, MI (US);

Doug Kline, Warren, MI (US);

Jonathan Grasso, Clinton Township, MI (US);

Steven Young, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Nelson Phan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Assignees:

VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Hauppauge, NY (US);

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US);

Attorney:

ALLEN, DYER, DOPPELT, + GILCHRIST, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Christopher E Dunay

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/225 (2017.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/229 (2022.05); H02J 50/005 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); F21V 23/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lighting system may be for a vehicle cup holder installed in a vehicle. The lighting system may include a first inductive member to be positioned adjacent a back side of the vehicle cup holder, and a first controller configured to inductively couple power and command signals through the first inductive member. The lighting system may also include a lighting device to be positioned adjacent a front side of the vehicle cup holder. The lighting device, in turn, may include a second inductive member configured for inductive coupling with the first inductive member, at least one light, and a second controller configured to operate the at least one light based upon power and command signals inductively coupled to the second inductive member from the first inductive member.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Adams, John. (2024). Lighting system for vehicle cupholder with inductive power coupling and related methods (U.S. Patent No. 12024088). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12024088

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