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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Torsten Voigt, Cologne, DE;
Klaus Schorn, Cologne, DE;
Inventors:
Torsten Voigt, Cologne, DE;
Klaus Schorn, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 1/08 (2006.01); B60N 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/108 (2013.01); B60N 3/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A one-piece clamping device for a cup holder retains beverage containers in an automotive vehicle. The cup holder comprises a container receptacle with a base and an outer casing. The one-piece clamping device comprises retaining jaws which may be radially pushed away and which protrude through the outer casing into the container receptacle. Spring elements, such as spring arms, are arranged integrally on a support element which is further arranged on the base of the container receptacle. The spring elements are configured as a dual-acting flexible arm arrangement.