Vehicle Cargo Panel Ridges With Built-In Measurement Gradations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicles lack integrated measurement solutions in their cargo areas, requiring additional trips to measure and cut cargo, as measuring devices are often left at job sites, leading to inefficiencies in cargo handling.
Innovation Solution
A cargo component with a panel featuring longitudinal ridges and measurement gradations, providing stiffness and allowing for quick and accurate cargo measurement without separate devices, where the ridges are integral with the panel and extend along its length, and a bead serves as an endpoint for measuring cargo.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If measuring devices are left at the job site, then cargo measurement can be performed at the location, but the measuring devices cannot be retrieved from the vehicle, requiring additional trips
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the measuring device with the cargo component itself, integrating the measurement function into the vehicle's cargo area. The cargo component includes measurement markings directly on its surface, allowing users to measure cargo at the job site without needing separate measuring devices that would require retrieval from the vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The cargo component serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for cargo while simultaneously incorporating measurement capabilities through integrated markings. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate measuring devices and reduces the number of trips required between the vehicle and job site.
2Ease of operation
If measurement markings are integrated into the cargo component, then cargo measurement can be performed directly in the vehicle cargo area, but the cargo component structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement markings are merged with the cargo component structure, combining the structural element with the measurement function. This integration adds measurement capability without requiring entirely separate components, thus limiting the increase in overall system complexity.
3Strength
If ridges are added to the panel to provide stiffness, then the panel structural strength increases, but the panel design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The ridges are merged with the measurement markings, combining the structural reinforcement function with the measurement function in a single integrated feature. This approach provides the necessary panel stiffness while incorporating measurement capabilities, thus limiting the increase in overall design complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A cargo component of a vehicle includes a panel, at least one ridge, and a plurality of measurement gradations. The ridge extends along the panel. The plurality of measurement gradations are formed in and along the ridge. In one form, the ridge extends in a longitudinal direction of the panel.