Vehicle Console Table Assembly with Pivot Arm and Footrest
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle console boxes are typically stationary and lack modularity, failing to provide flexible and adaptable space for users within the vehicle interior.
Innovation Solution
A console table assembly that includes a base coupled to the vehicle floor, a pivot arm, a table, and a footrest, allowing the table to pivot between upward and horizontal positions, with a panel that can conceal a storage compartment and move to provide access, enhancing user convenience and space utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a console box is made stationary to ensure structural stability, then reliability is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The console table is designed with dynamic movement capabilities through a pivot arm mechanism that allows the table to rotate between a stowed position (flush with dashboard) and a deployed position (extending outward). This dynamic design resolves the contradiction by providing structural stability when stowed and adaptability when deployed, allowing the console to transform from a fixed appearance to a flexible functional element.
Solution Approach 2:
The console assembly is divided into separate functional segments: a base mounted to the floor, a pivot arm for rotation, and a table portion for user interaction. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently while maintaining overall structural integrity, enabling the console to be stable in its mounting while flexible in its operational positions.
2Device complexity
If a console box is made stationary to simplify structure, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The pivot arm mechanism provides a relatively simple dynamic connection between the base and table, allowing rotational movement without requiring complex actuators or control systems. This mechanical simplicity maintains low device complexity while achieving adaptability through the ability to pivot between positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The console table serves multiple functions: it provides a surface for placing items when deployed, acts as a structural element when stowed, and can be positioned at different angles to accommodate various user needs. This multi-functionality achieves adaptability without requiring multiple separate components, maintaining structural simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the table is made movable to enhance adaptability, then versatility is improved, but device complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The table's movability is achieved through a pivot arm mechanism that provides rotational movement with a single degree of freedom. This simple dynamic connection allows the table to move between positions without requiring complex multi-axis actuators, control systems, or sophisticated mechanical linkages, thus maintaining relatively low device complexity while achieving versatility.
4Ease of operation
If the panel is made movable to provide access to storage, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The panel is designed to move dynamically between a closed position (concealing the storage compartment) and an open position (providing access). This simple back-and-forth movement mechanism enhances ease of operation for accessing stored items while avoiding the need for complex locking systems, motors, or control mechanisms, thus maintaining relatively low device complexity.
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AI summary
A console table assembly for a vehicle includes a base movably coupled to a floor of the vehicle, a pivot arm having a first end pivotably coupled to the base and a second end that is distal from the first end, a table pivotably coupled to the pivot arm at the second end and having a top side and an underside opposite the top side, a panel coupled to the table and operable to move relative to the table from a first panel position to second panel position, and a foot rest coupled to the base and operable to move relative to the base from a retracted position to a deployed position.