Vehicle Cargo Storage Assembly with Hinged Rotating Cover

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle cargo storage assemblies lack efficient and versatile designs that provide easy access to storage compartments while maintaining structural integrity and aesthetic appeal.

Innovation Solution

A cargo storage assembly featuring an outer shell with a primary cavity, an inner shell with secondary cavities, and a cover assembly hingedly coupled to provide rotational access from a closed to an open position, supported by reinforcement members and actuation members for easy operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a cover assembly is added to provide access to storage compartments, then accessibility is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessibility to storage compartmentsVSAvoidstructural complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The cover assembly is divided into multiple portions (first portion and second portion) that can be independently rotated, allowing selective access to different storage compartments without requiring the entire cover to be moved

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The cover assembly incorporates hinges to enable rotational movement between closed and open positions, transforming a static cover into a dynamic structure that adapts to different access requirements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Strength

If reinforcement members are added between outer shell and inner shell, then structural strength is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural integrityVSAvoidstructural complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The reinforcement members are integrated within the existing structure between the outer shell and inner shell, combining structural support function with the overall assembly without adding separate external reinforcement structures

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The reinforcement members serve multiple functions: providing structural strength to maintain integrity while also serving as attachment points for the cover assembly and inner shell mounting

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If an inner shell with secondary cavities is positioned within the primary cavity, then storage versatility is improved, but volume of the assembly increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage versatilityVSAvoidassembly volume

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The inner shell with secondary cavities is nested within the primary cavity of the outer shell, utilizing the existing volume space efficiently by creating storage compartments within the available void space rather than adding external volume

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS11453342B2Storage assembly for vehicle

Publication Date: 2022.09.27 FORD GLOBAL TECH LLC

AI summary

A cargo storage assembly for a vehicle includes an outer shell defining a primary cavity and an inner shell positioned within the primary cavity. A plurality of reinforcement members are positioned between the outer shell and the inner shell within the primary cavity. A cover assembly is coupled with the outer shell and includes a first portion hingedly coupled with a second portion. Each of the first and second portions is configured to be rotatable about an axis from a closed position to an open position.