Console Box Lid Guide and Locking for Full Turnover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing console boxes do not allow the entire box door to be turned over, limiting functionality and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A console box design featuring a lid that can be rotated and locked at two positions, with a guide mechanism allowing the lid to be moved between coupling points, enabling it to be turned over without detachment, and incorporating a lock mechanism and operation portions for releasing the lid.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the lid is made detachable and rotatable, then the entire lid can be turned over, but the lock mechanism complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lock mechanism integrates multiple functions into a single structure: it locks the lid at the closing position, enables rotation to the opened position, and facilitates turning over to the inverted closing position. The coupling portion combines the hinge function with the lockable/unlockable connection, reducing the need for separate mechanisms and simplifying the overall structure despite the multiple positions and movements.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling portion serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a hinge for rotation, a lockable connection for securing the lid, and a guide for the turning over movement. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, thereby reducing overall device complexity while enabling the lid to be turned over completely.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the lid is turned over completely, then functional changes by switching between two surfaces are enabled, but the guide mechanism complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide portion acts as an intermediary structure that facilitates the turning over movement of the lid. It provides a predetermined path that guides the coupling portion from the initial position to the position after turning over, enabling the lid to switch between its two surfaces. This intermediary guide structure simplifies the overall mechanism by providing a straightforward path rather than requiring complex multi-stage mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A console box includes a box main body, a lid, first coupling portions respectively provided at opposite end portions in a width direction of the box main body, a second coupling portion that is provided at at least one end portion of opposite end portions in the width direction of the lid, a lock mechanism, an operation portion, a guide portion provided in the box main body. The guide portion allows for a movement of the lid in which the second coupling portion moves from a position at which the second coupling portion is coupled to the first coupling portion at one end portion in the width direction to a position at which the second coupling portion is coupled to the first coupling portion at the other end portion. The guide portion guides the lid at the second coupling portion during the movement.