Vehicle Cargo Shelf and Divider Layout for Stable, Accessible Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Passenger vehicles face challenges in cargo management, particularly in SUV-type vehicles, where goods can be difficult to access and may shift during transport, leading to potential damage and safety risks for occupants.
Innovation Solution
A cargo shelf system with adjustable support walls, removable shelves, and retractable shelves, as well as a cargo divider system with a flip-wall divider and laterally displaceable walls, allowing for customizable cargo configurations to enhance accessibility and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If goods are placed in the cargo compartment of SUV-type vehicles, then cargo storage capacity is provided, but goods may shift during transport causing damage and safety risks
Solution Approach 1:
The cargo compartment is divided into multiple sections using adjustable divider walls and shelving units. These segments create separate storage zones that prevent goods from shifting freely, thereby reducing cargo movement damage while maintaining storage capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The cargo management system incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable components including movable divider walls and repositionable shelves. This dynamic configuration allows the storage spaces to be adapted to different cargo sizes and shapes, preventing unwanted movement while optimizing storage utilization.
2Quantity of substance
If goods are placed in the cargo compartment, then cargo storage is enabled, but accessibility of goods becomes difficult requiring occupants to climb into the cargo compartment
Solution Approach 1:
The cargo compartment is organized into multiple accessible levels and zones using shelving units and dividers. This segmentation creates easily accessible storage areas that can be reached from the passenger compartment, eliminating the need to climb into the cargo area while maintaining storage capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes vertical space through multi-level shelving and stacking configurations. By organizing cargo in three-dimensional space with multiple accessible tiers, the design provides ample storage capacity while keeping frequently accessed items within easy reach from the passenger compartment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable cargo management systems are implemented, then cargo placement flexibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable cargo management system is divided into modular components including individual divider walls, shelving units, and mounting brackets. Each module can be independently adjusted and reconfigured, providing cargo placement flexibility while keeping individual component complexity manageable through standardization.
Data Source
AI summary
Cargo systems for use in a vehicle cargo compartment that provide a range of selectable cargo carrying configurations. A cargo shelf system includes a first support wall, a second support wall, at least one set of removable shelves supported between one of the support walls and an interior side panel of the vehicle, and a set of retractable shelves supported between the first and second support walls. A cargo divider system includes a tray bin attached to a frame structure of the vehicle, a load floor supported upon the tray bin, a flip-wall divider supported upon the tray bin, and a plurality of laterally displaceable divider walls. Another cargo divider system includes a storage bin, an independently moveable seat-side load floor, and an independently moveable gate-side load floor, the seat-side load floor and the gate-side load floor collectively covering the storage bin to form a generally planar continuous load floor.