Dashboard Lifting Device Cover-Flipping Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle-mounted equipment lifting devices compromise the aesthetic and integrality of vehicle dashboards when retracted, and fail to seamlessly integrate with the vehicle, reducing humanization and intelligentization.
Innovation Solution
A lifting device with a motor-powered transmission mechanism, rotating arms, and guiding columns that allow the vehicle-mounted equipment to be extended and retracted smoothly, ensuring the dashboard remains intact and dust-free, featuring a cover-flipping mechanism with sliding columns and guiding grooves to maintain appearance integrality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If vehicle-mounted equipment is retracted into the dashboard, then the equipment is protected and the dashboard appearance is maintained, but the opening in the dashboard affects the appearance integrality and aesthetic of the vehicle interior
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting device is nested within the dashboard structure, with the equipment housed inside a lifting box that can be retracted into the dashboard cavity. The cover plate closes over the opening when retracted, nesting the entire mechanism within the dashboard to maintain appearance integrality while protecting the equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover plate is designed to automatically close over the dashboard opening when the equipment is retracted, preliminarily sealing the opening before the equipment is fully stowed. This preliminary action prevents dust entry and maintains the dashboard's aesthetic appearance throughout the retraction process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a lifting mechanism is added to enable equipment extension and retraction, then the equipment can be seamlessly integrated into the vehicle, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting box serves multiple functions: it houses the equipment, provides structural support for the lifting mechanism, guides the equipment movement through integrated guiding columns and grooves, and works with the cover plate to seal the opening. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby reducing overall device complexity while enabling seamless integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding columns are merged with the lifting box structure, and the guiding grooves are formed directly on the lifting box surface. The cover plate mechanism is combined with the lifting box assembly. These merging operations reduce the number of separate parts and simplify the overall structure while maintaining the required adaptability for equipment integration.
3Ease of operation
If the equipment is extended out of the dashboard, then the equipment is accessible and functional, but the dashboard appearance and dust protection are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The cover plate closes over the dashboard opening preliminarily when the equipment is retracted, sealing the opening before dust or other contaminants can enter. This preliminary sealing action maintains dust protection while the equipment remains in its protected state.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover plate is designed to dynamically open when the equipment is extended and close when retracted, adapting its state to the equipment position. This dynamic behavior ensures that the opening is sealed during retraction (preventing dust entry) while remaining open during extension (allowing accessibility), thus resolving the contradiction between accessibility and dust protection.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enhances the stability and integration of vehicle-mounted equipment, maintaining dashboard appearance and preventing dust entry while improving humanization and intelligentization by enabling seamless extension and retraction of equipment.
Implementation Method 1
The power mechanism comprises a power unit and a transmission mechanism (13) connected to the power unit
Implementation Method 2
The transmission mechanism comprises an input gear (1301) meshed with the motor gear, a worm (1303) coaxial with the input gear
Implementation Method 3
The guiding column structure (11) comprises first and second sliding columns (111, 112) disposed on second ends of the first and second rotating arm (601, 602) respectively
Data Source
AI summary
A lifting device for vehicle-mounted equipment and a vehicle having the same are provide. The lifting device comprises: a housing (1) adapted to disposed in a dashboard having an opening; a cover-flipping mechanism (6) disposed pivotably in the housing (1) and having a first end with a cover plate (7) for opening and closing the opening; and a lifting-box assembly (3), onto which the vehicle-mounted equipment is adapted to be mounted, the lifting-box assembly (3) being disposed in the housing (1), connected to a second end of the cover-flipping mechanism (6), and configured to be vertically movable between an extended position, in which the cover plate (7) opens the opening and the vehicle-mounted equipment is extended out of the dashboard through the opening, and a retracted position, in which the vehicle-mounted equipment is retracted into the dashboard through the opening and the cover plate (7) closes the opening.