Vehicle Cockpit Tray Cover With Deployable Table and Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cockpit modules in vehicles provide limited shapes, leading to inconvenience in accommodating additional items and lack of versatility for different traveling environments or purposes.
Innovation Solution
A cockpit module with a tray and rotatable cover that can be used as a table, featuring a crash pad, tray, and a cover that rotates to expose an internal space for additional item storage and can be deployed as a table, with additional extension structures and locking mechanisms to enhance usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional fixed cockpit module structure is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the adaptability to different traveling environments and purposes is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is designed to be rotatable relative to the tray, allowing it to transition between a closed position (covering the storage space) and a deployed position (extending outward as a table). This dynamic transformation enables the cockpit module to adapt to different traveling environments and purposes without requiring multiple separate components
Solution Approach 2:
The cover serves multiple functions: it acts as a protective cover for the storage space when closed, and transforms into an extended table surface when deployed. This multi-functionality increases the adaptability of the cockpit module to various traveling scenarios while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure
2Quantity of substance
If only a glove box is provided in the cockpit module, then the structure remains simple, but the storage capacity for additional items is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The tray with storage space is nested within the crash pad structure, and the cover integrates with the tray while providing additional extended storage when deployed. This nested arrangement increases storage capacity without significantly increasing overall structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The cover extends outward from the tray in a direction perpendicular to the main storage space, effectively adding storage capacity in a new dimension. This allows the module to accommodate additional items without expanding the footprint in the original storage direction
3Ease of operation
If the cover is made fixed to the tray, then the structure is simpler and more stable, but the cover cannot be used as a table and flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable connection between the cover and tray allows the cover to dynamically adjust its position between closed and deployed states. This provides flexibility for the cover to be used as a table when needed, while maintaining structural integrity through the defined rotation path and stopping mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The cover includes a self-limiting rotation mechanism with a stopper that automatically prevents over-rotation. This ensures the cover maintains proper positioning and structural stability without requiring external control systems, while still providing the flexibility to transform into a table
Data Source
AI summary
A cockpit module for a vehicle is provided. The cockpit module includes a crash pad including an assembling hole, a tray including an internal space opened upward, the tray being assembled to the assembling hole, the internal space in communication with assembling hole, and a cover rotatably connected to the tray. In a closed position, the cover covers the internal space as a rotary shaft is rotatably connected to a protruding portion directed toward an inside of an occupant compartment of the tray, and in a deployed position, the cover opens the internal space by being moved upward along the rotary shaft. The cover includes a structure extending toward the inside of the occupant compartment, and the structure is used as a table at the deployed position.