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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Dustin Shedlarski, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Micah Jones, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Hussein H. Berry, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/10 (2006.01); B60N 3/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/20 (2017.01); B60Q 3/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/104 (2013.01); B60N 3/001 (2013.01); B60Q 3/20 (2017.02); B60Q 3/70 (2017.02);
Abstract
A vehicle console includes a housing having at least one cupholder, a deployable shelf located proximate to the housing and movable between a recessed position in thermal communication with the at least cupholder and an extended position extending outward from the housing. The deployable shelf has a thermally conductive surface, and a heater operatively coupled to the thermally conductive surface.