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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Inventor:
Kenan Kurtovic, Ferndale, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/12 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); F25B 21/00 (2006.01); B60N 3/10 (2006.01); A47G 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/104 (2013.01); A47G 2023/0291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heated cup holder system for a vehicle includes a sleeve receivable onto a container, the sleeve of a predefined inductance, and a cup holder including an induction-heating element operable to induce a current within the sleeve, thereby heating the sleeve.