US 12,420,691 B2
Electric-powered mechanical cup holder
Jong Heon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hae Ju Park, Gyeongju-si (KR); and Hyo Kyoung Jeon, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to ECOPLASTIC CORPORATION, Gyeongju-si (KR)
Filed by ECOPLASTIC CORPORATION, Gyeongju-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/415,097.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0151958 (KR), filed on Nov. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0145071 A1, May 8, 2025
Int. Cl. A47C 7/62 (2006.01); B60N 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 3/105 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric-powered mechanical cup holder, comprising:
a housing having a hollow hole for accommodating a container in an inside thereof; and
an elevation device provided in a lower portion of the housing and configured to elevate or lower the container in a vertical direction, the elevation device comprising:
a base plate provided on an inside of the housing configured to move in a vertical direction, and allowing the container to be seated therein;
a movable part provided in the housing and configured to generate power so that the base plate moves; and
an elevation link connecting between the base plate and the movable part and configured to receive power transferred by the movable part to elevate or lower the base plate, the elevation link comprising:
moving links having one ends rotatably fastened to the base plate and another ends linearly moved by the movable part;
supporting links having one ends slidably fastened to the base plate and another ends rotatably fastened to the housing; and
hinge portions fastened at centers of the moving links and the supporting links and supporting the moving links and the supporting links to be rotated relative to each other.