Patent ID: 6076793
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B60N,Y10S

Abstract:
A cup holder for a vehicle, comprising:a storing portion to be disposed in the vehicle,a slider slidably held in the storing portion and having a cup inserting hole with an open side,a shaft attached to the slider near the open side,an arm rotatably attached to the shaft and disposed at the open side so that when a position of the arm at the open side is changed, an inner diameter of the cup inserting hole is changed, anddiameter changing means for moving the arm when the slider is drawn from the storing portion and changing the inner diameter of the cup inserting hole, said diameter changing means including a tracing portion attached to the arm at a side opposite thereto relative to the shaft and extending along an inner surface of the storing portion, a spring attached to the arm for urging the tracing portion toward the inner surface of the storing portion and allowing an end of the arm to rotate in a direction of reducing the inner diameter of the cup inserting hole, and a cam surface protruding from the inner surface of the storing portion, said tracing portion contacting the cam surface when the slider is drawing from the storing portion so that the end of the arm is rotated in a direction of enlarging the inner diameter of the cup inserting hole.