Collapsible Vehicle Console With Pivoting Telescopic Walls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle interior consoles are bulky, limiting their use in vehicles with compact interiors and hindering access to third-row seating, and collapsible containers are too low in height to function effectively as interior consoles.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle interior console with a collapsible body that changes from a deployed configuration with a height greater than its width to a stowed configuration, featuring hingedly attached walls that pivot and telescope, allowing for storage volume adjustment and access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional vehicle interior consoles are used, then storage function is provided, but vehicle interior space is limited and access to third-row seating is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The console employs a collapsible body with walls that can pivot between vertical and horizontal positions, transforming the console from a static storage unit to a dynamic structure that adapts its configuration based on spatial requirements, thereby resolving the contradiction between providing storage and maintaining interior space
Solution Approach 2:
The console body is divided into multiple pivotable wall segments that can independently move between deployed and stowed positions, allowing the storage function to be maintained when needed while enabling space optimization when the console is collapsed
2Area of stationary object
If collapsible containers are used, then space utilization is improved, but height is insufficient to function as interior consoles
Solution Approach 1:
The console achieves sufficient height through its dynamic deployed configuration where walls pivot to vertical positions, creating adequate storage height while maintaining the ability to collapse to a compact form, thus resolving the contradiction between height requirement and space utilization
Solution Approach 2:
The console transitions between two-dimensional compact storage and three-dimensional expanded storage by pivoting walls from horizontal to vertical orientations, enabling sufficient height to be achieved when deployed while maintaining compact footprint when stowed
3Stability of the object's composition
If console walls are made rigid for structural stability, then storage volume is maintained, but flexibility and collapsibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The console structure is segmented into multiple pivotable wall sections that can independently move between stable vertical and horizontal positions, providing both structural stability when deployed and flexibility for configuration changes
Solution Approach 2:
The walls are designed with pivot mechanisms that allow controlled movement between fixed positions, maintaining structural stability during storage while enabling flexible transformation between deployed and stowed configurations
Data Source
AI summary
A collapsible vehicle interior console includes a plurality of walls and is changeable between a deployed configuration in which the walls are vertical and a stowed configuration in which the walls are horizontal. The walls change length between the two configurations such that a console body has a height that is greater than its width when deployed.