Vehicle Base Gate Mount With Sliding Accessory Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle mount systems lack flexibility and efficiency in attaching and organizing accessories, particularly on movable components like tailgates and doors, leading to suboptimal storage and access challenges.
Innovation Solution
A modular mount system featuring a base gate with mounting interfaces and guides, allowing for removably attachable accessories that can be slidably adjusted and secured using actuators, with magnetic attachments for enhanced stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fixed mount system is used for accessories on vehicle components, then the attachment stability is improved, but the flexibility and adaptability for different accessories and positions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mount system is divided into separate modular components: a base gate attached to the vehicle component, multiple interchangeable accessories, and adjustable mounting mechanisms. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall stability and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system incorporates dynamic adjustment capabilities through sliding mechanisms, adjustable clamps, and repositionable mounting interfaces. These dynamic elements allow the accessory position and orientation to be adjusted while maintaining secure attachment, resolving the contradiction between fixed stability and flexible adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mounting interfaces are provided on the base gate, then the adaptability and versatility are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base gate incorporates multiple mounting interfaces that use standardized, interchangeable mechanisms. Each interface can accommodate different accessory types through universal mounting patterns, providing multiple positions without proportionally increasing overall system complexity. The interfaces share common design elements and attachment principles.
3Ease of operation
If removable and adjustable accessories are used, then the ease of operation and accessibility are improved, but the attachment stability and security deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system incorporates pre-designed attachment and detachment mechanisms that are prepared in advance. Quick-release latches, pre-positioned mounting holes, and standardized connection interfaces allow accessories to be securely attached and easily removed without compromising stability during use. The preliminary design of these mechanisms ensures both security and ease of operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables flexible and organized storage and easy access to accessories by allowing modular accessories to be positioned and secured at various angles, enhancing usability and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
A bottom surface of the accessory plate receptacle defines at least one magnetic aperture configured to receive at least one magnet that creates a magnetic field such that accessories are attachable to the accessory plate via a magnetic connection.
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AI summary
A modular mount system for a vehicle, the modular mount system including a base gate and a modular accessory. The base gate is attachable to a movable component of the vehicle. The base gate includes a mounting interface. The modular accessory is configured to be removably attached to the mounting interface. The modular accessory is movable within the mounting interface to multiple positions along the mounting interface.