Cargo Bed Pass-Through With Cockpit Receptacle for Long Items
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicles with cargo beds often struggle to accommodate items that are longer than the cargo bed, as the available space is insufficient, and existing solutions like pass-through openings may not be adequate for all scenarios.
Innovation Solution
The vehicle design includes a cargo bed with a movable front wall that can be lowered to create a pass-through opening, and an extension receptacle in the cockpit area aligned with the pass-through opening, allowing items to be extended into the cockpit for storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If a pass-through opening is provided in the cargo bed, then the cargo bed can accommodate longer items, but the cockpit area may be blocked by seats and dashboard
Solution Approach 1:
The cargo bed front wall is segmented into a movable portion and a fixed portion, allowing the movable portion to be lowered to open the pass-through opening and raised to close it, enabling selective access to the opening without permanently blocking the cockpit area
Solution Approach 2:
The front wall of the cargo bed is made dynamic through the movable portion that can be lowered and raised, transforming the static blocked state to a dynamic open state, allowing the pass-through opening to be accessible when needed and blocked when not in use
2Length of moving object
If the cargo bed length is increased to accommodate longer items, then more space is available, but the vehicle overall dimensions and maneuverability are affected
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the cargo bed space with the cockpit area through the pass-through opening, creating a continuous storage space that extends from the cargo bed into the cockpit, allowing long items to be accommodated without increasing the physical length of the cargo bed itself
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of extending the cargo bed length in the longitudinal dimension, the invention utilizes the lateral dimension by creating a pass-through opening that allows items to extend from the cargo bed through the front wall into the cockpit area, effectively using vertical and lateral space to solve the length limitation
3Ease of operation
If the movable portion of the front wall is lowered to open the pass-through opening, then long items can be inserted, but the structural integrity and cargo containment are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The front wall is divided into movable and fixed portions, where the fixed portion maintains the structural integrity and containment of the cargo bed, while the movable portion can be lowered to provide access, distributing the structural function between the two segments
4Reliability
If seats are positioned to block the pass-through opening, then passenger safety and comfort are improved, but item insertion into the extension receptacle is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The seats are made dynamic with adjustable positions that can be moved forward or backward along the longitudinal direction, allowing them to block the pass-through opening during passenger transport for safety and comfort, and to be repositioned to allow item insertion when the extension receptacle needs to be loaded
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AI summary
A vehicle includes: a driver seat connected to a frame of the vehicle and disposed in a cockpit area; a dashboard disposed in front of the driver seat; a cargo bed supported by the frame and having a front wall, left and right walls and a cargo bed supporting surface surrounded in part by the front, left and right walls, the front wall having a movable portion that is movable to selectively cover a pass-through opening that communicates an internal space of the cargo bed to the cockpit area; and an extension receptacle disposed in the cockpit area, the extension receptacle being aligned with (i) the dashboard in a longitudinal direction and (ii) the pass-through opening in a lateral direction, the extension receptacle being configured to receive items therein that are inserted from the cargo bed through the pass-through opening and into the cockpit area of the vehicle.