Vehicle Rear Cargo Storage Panel With Recessed Lid

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle storage systems for tools in rear cargo spaces often lack secure, concealed compartments that effectively suppress noise and simplify tool storage and retrieval, while also serving as decorative trim to integrate with vehicle structures.

Innovation Solution

A storage system for vehicles featuring a front panel with a recessed storage space and a movable lid that conceals the compartment from the rear cargo space, allowing secure storage of tools like jacks and wrenches, with integrated lock mechanisms and strap securing systems, which reduces noise and simplifies tool handling without the need for additional foam inserts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If a storage space is created in the rear cargo space, then tool storage capability is improved, but noise suppression and security are worsened without additional foam inserts and lock mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetool storage capabilityVSAvoidnoise suppression and security

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The storage space is integrated directly into the front panel of the rear cargo space, merging the storage function with the existing panel structure. This eliminates the need for separate foam inserts and lock mechanisms, as the panel itself provides structural containment and noise suppression while the lid provides security.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The front panel serves multiple functions: it acts as the structural boundary of the rear cargo space, provides the housing for the storage compartment, and incorporates the lid mechanism for security. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional components like separate foam inserts and locks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If a recessed storage space with lid is added to the front panel, then tool security and concealment are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetool security and concealmentVSAvoidstorage space structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The storage space is formed as a recess directly in the front panel, merging the storage compartment with the panel structure itself rather than adding a separate box-like structure. The lid is integrated with the panel through hinges and fasteners, combining multiple functions into unified components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The front panel is segmented to create the recessed storage space, dividing the panel into functional zones: the main panel surface, the recessed storage compartment, and the lid portion. This segmentation allows the storage function to be integrated without requiring a completely separate structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If foam inserts and lock mechanisms are used to secure tools, then noise suppression and security are improved, but manufacturing complexity and assembly time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetool security and noise suppressionVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity and assembly time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The front panel and lid structure provide inherent noise suppression and security functions through their own structural design, eliminating the need for additional foam inserts and complex lock mechanisms. The panel's rigid structure naturally suppresses noise while the lid with its fastener system provides adequate security for tool storage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

4Ease of manufacture

If the storage space is integrated into the front panel, then manufacturing complexity and assembly time are reduced, but storage capacity and accessibility may be limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing complexity and assembly timeVSAvoidstorage capacity and accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The lid is designed to be movable between open and closed positions, providing dynamic accessibility to the storage space. This allows tools to be easily accessed when needed while maintaining security and concealment when the lid is closed, balancing accessibility with security and noise suppression.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11498489B2Storage system for a vehicle and interior compartment of a vehicle having same

Publication Date: 2022.11.15 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

AI summary

A storage system can be located at a front end of a vehicle's rear cargo space. The vehicle can include a rear opening at the rear end of the cargo space and a closure selectively opening and closing the rear opening. The storage system can include a front panel located at the front end of the rear cargo space and a lid. The front panel can include an outer surface facing the rear cargo space and a storage space recessed from the outer surface. The lid can be selectively placed in a closed state and an opened state with respect to the front panel such that the lid conceals the storage space from the rear cargo space when the lid is in the closed state, and the storage space is opened to the rear cargo space when the lid is in opened state.