US 12,291,156 B2
Attachment structure for functional component and interior member
Takako Miyoshi, Tochigi (JP); Yuichiro Hoshi, Tochigi (JP); and Jinichi Tanabe, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/912,316
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/010682
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/187497, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,651, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,271, filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158976 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/03 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/03 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment structure for a functional component to be attached to an interior member of a conveyance, comprising:
a rail member that is provided in the interior member and extends in a predetermined direction; and
a power transmitter which is provided in the rail member,
wherein the functional component includes an engagement member that is fixed to be slidable on the rail member and a power receiver which is disposed to face the power transmitter of the rail member in the engagement member,
wherein the engagement member includes a movable portion that brings the power receiver located away from the power transmitter closer to the power transmitter when the engagement member is attached to the rail member,
wherein the power transmitter is a power transmission coil and the power receiver is a power receiving coil to supply power in a non-contact state by generating a magnetic field between the power receiving coil and the power transmission coil,
wherein a locking piece is provided at a side portion of the engagement member to be movable in an inward and outward direction of the engagement member and comes into contact with an inner wall of the rail member when the engagement member is attached to the rail member and is rotated,
wherein when the locking piece comes into contact with the inner wall of the rail member, the locking piece is pressed toward the inside of the engagement member, and
wherein when the locking piece is pressed, the movable portion brings the power receiving coil closer to the power transmission coil and the magnetic field is generated between the power receiving coil and the power transmission coil to supply power.