Phone Holder for Car Cup Holder

Last crawled date: 4 years, 3 months ago

A phone holder that fits in the cup holder of your car! Well, it fits in my 2016 Acura TLX. Because your cup holder is likely a different size, I've included the Fusion 360 files so you can mod it to fit yours.
It's super fast to clip your phone into (thanks to the spring action and the magnetic charging cable), stable, and places it in a very comfortable place for quickly accessing the screen (but not while you are driving, of course! ;) And, it fits wallet cases!
This uses a magnetic cable I got from Amazon so I can quickly clip my phone into the holder.
The top cap stays in place, and the bottom slides up and down the stalk so you can fit your phone in. There is an internal spring (5/16" O.D. x 2.5" x 0.028" is what I used.)
I've included two versions of the top cap and the bottom slide, with and without supports. If you print those on a 45-degree angle, they shouldn't require much in the way of supports other than the ones I made. Otherwise, you could print them on their backs with supports.
There is a honeycomb pattern in the back that I used to help prevent curling of the corners when printing with ABS. Plus, it's fun to see.
I included the "AllTogether" so that you can see it in thingiview, but notice that you can't print this one, because there is actually interference between the slide stop and the bottom slide. I decided how big to make the slide stop after I'd already designed and printed the rest of the pieces, and I needed to make it a little bigger than I had originally thought.
BOM:
(1) 5/16" x 2.5" x 0.028" spring (I used a 3" spring and cut it down)
(2) ABS or PETG filament
That's all!