US Patent Issued to FCA US on May 26 for "Convertible cup holder in automotive center console to store large objects apart from cups" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,990, issued on May 26, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Convertible cup holder in automotive center console to store large objects apart from cups" was invented by Rizan Asif Shahul Hameed (Tamil Nadu, India) and Raghuraman Taruvai Sankaran (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible cup holder includes a basin having a wall and a cavity. A first deployment mechanism includes a first carrier movable between a retracted position and a deployed position. A second deployment mechanism includes a second carrier movable between a retracted position and a deployed position. A first pad is coupled to the...