Vehicle Cargo Partition Mounting Without Drilling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing partitions for separating cab and cargo areas in vehicles often require drilling for installation and do not effectively integrate with the design of heritage high roof (HHR) style vans, complicating manufacturing and not fully achieving their intended purposes of security and temperature control.
Innovation Solution
A partition system for HHR-style vehicles featuring a tubular frame with support braces and arms that fit into existing recesses and fastening holes, allowing for secure installation without drilling, and including a perforated panel for visibility and compatibility with side curtain airbags.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional partitions are installed using drilling and bolting methods, then secure attachment is achieved, but installation complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The partition system is divided into separate modular components: a partition panel, support arms, and mounting brackets. These segments can be independently manufactured and assembled, allowing the partition to be installed without drilling by fitting the support arms into existing recesses and using the brackets for attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
Mounting brackets serve as intermediary elements that facilitate attachment of the partition to the vehicle body. These brackets interface with existing fastening holes and structural features, enabling secure installation without requiring new drilling operations while maintaining reliable attachment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If partitions are designed to fit HHR vehicle interiors precisely, then integration and appearance are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The partition frame employs local quality variations where specific portions (such as side sections) are curved to match the contours of the HHR vehicle interior, while other portions (such as the central section) remain straight. This selective application of curved and straight segments achieves precise interior integration without requiring the entire frame to be complexly shaped.
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AI summary
A partition for separating the cabin compartment from the cargo area in HHR-style vehicles where the cabin compartment is characterized by a deck having a front wall and recesses. The partition comprises a frame including a panel. The frame is securable to a front wall of the vehicle deck, and includes at least one support, each of the at least one supports receivable in one of the recesses of the deck.