| CPC B60R 11/02 (2013.01) [F16B 2/12 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0012 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0015 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0071 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A device holder assembly for a vehicle comprising:
a body having a body outer surface;
a housing coupled to the body;
a drive assembly rotatably coupled to the housing, wherein the drive assembly further comprises:
a drive shaft;
a first gear coupled to the drive shaft;
a damper having a second gear, the second gear being mechanically coupled to the first gear;
a third gear coupled to an end of the drive shaft; and
a fourth gear coupled to an opposing end of the drive shaft;
a leg assembly coupled to the housing, the leg assembly comprising a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg and the second leg are movable between a recessed position and an extended position;
a first rack gear coupled to the first leg, wherein the first rack gear is mechanically coupled to the drive assembly;
a second rack gear coupled to the second leg, wherein the second rack gear is mechanically coupled to the drive assembly, and wherein the mechanical coupling between the first rack gear and the drive assembly and the second rack gear and the drive assembly permits movement of either the first leg or the second leg to the extended position as the other of the first leg or the second leg is translated to the extended position; and
a first finger rotatably coupled to an end of the first leg and a second finger rotatably coupled to an end of the second leg, the first finger and the second finger being movable between a retracted position and a deployed position, wherein the first finger has a first finger outer surface and the second finger has a second finger outer surface that are generally coplanar with the body outer surface when the first finger and the second finger are in the retracted position.
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