Vehicle Door Headrest Storage Layout for Stable Flat-Floor Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current storage solutions for headrests in vehicles with full-flat seat arrangements lack effective and space-efficient methods for storing headrests on the interior side of vehicle compartments, particularly on door surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A headrest storage structure featuring a headrest storage portion with adjacent headrest fixing and pillar fixing portions on the door trim, utilizing a groove for the pillar portion and a restraint member for secure storage, allowing for efficient storage without interfering with other components and minimizing occupant seating space reduction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If headrest is stored in conventional locations (door armrest or seat pocket), then storage function is provided, but storage stability is insufficient and design freedom is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The headrest storage structure is divided into two separate fixing portions: a headrest fixing portion for the headrest main body and a headrest pillar fixing portion for the pillar portion. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized independently, improving storage stability while maintaining design freedom
Solution Approach 2:
The storage structure utilizes the door side surface area in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, transitioning from conventional single-point storage to a distributed two-dimensional arrangement. The headrest fixing portion and headrest pillar fixing portion are arranged adjacently on the door side surface, effectively using available space and improving stability
2Ease of operation
If headrest pillar portion extends freely, then ease of installation is improved, but storage stability and space efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The headrest pillar fixing portion is pre-configured with a groove structure on the door side surface. When the headrest is installed, the pillar portion is guided into this pre-prepared groove, which automatically positions and stabilizes it. This preliminary preparation of the fixing structure simplifies the installation process while ensuring stable storage
3Adaptability or versatility
If headrest storage structure is added to door side surface, then storage function is improved, but occupant seating space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The headrest storage structure is localized to specific areas on the door side surface, using the longitudinal direction space that would otherwise be unused. By concentrating the storage function in localized fixing portions rather than extending structures into the passenger compartment, the design provides storage functionality while minimizing impact on occupant seating space
Data Source
AI summary
A headrest storage structure includes a headrest storage portion configured to store a headrest in an interior member of a vehicle door. The headrest storage portion includes a headrest fixing portion configured to store a headrest main body and a headrest pillar fixing portion configured to store a headrest pillar portion extending from the headrest main body, and the headrest fixing portion and the headrest pillar fixing portion are arranged to be adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body.