Vehicle Door Storage Compartment Integrating Impact Absorption
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Solution Overview
Problem
The limited space within vehicle door panels poses a challenge for incorporating effective storage compartments while maintaining impact protection and other functional elements.
Innovation Solution
A storage compartment apparatus with an elongated body featuring impact-absorbing elements and pivotable sections that form an axially elongated storage compartment, combining energy dissipation with storage functionality and conserving space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the door panel includes numerous protective structures and functional mechanisms, then collision protection and safety are improved, but the available storage space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the impact-absorbing function and storage function into a single integrated structure. The impact-absorbing elements are positioned within the door panel such that they form the walls or boundaries of the storage compartment, allowing the same structural components to serve dual purposes: protecting against collision impacts and defining the storage space boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The door panel structure is designed so that the impact-absorbing elements serve multiple functions simultaneously. These elements not only provide collision protection but also define the storage compartment space, act as structural support, and potentially serve as the compartment walls themselves, thereby maximizing space utilization while maintaining safety.
2Reliability
If the door panel includes protective structures and functional mechanisms, then safety is improved, but the storage compartment volume is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the storage compartment by utilizing the vertical dimension and arranging impact-absorbing elements in a configuration that maximizes usable space. The elements are positioned to create an elongated storage compartment that extends along the door panel, effectively using available vertical and horizontal dimensions to maximize volume without compromising safety structures.
3Loss of energy
If impact-absorbing elements are arranged within the door panel, then energy dissipation is improved, but the storage space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The impact-absorbing elements are integrated with the storage compartment structure such that the same components perform both energy dissipation and space-defining functions. The elements are positioned to absorb impact energy while simultaneously forming the boundaries or walls of the storage compartment, eliminating the need for separate structures for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The door panel is designed with varying local properties: impact-absorbing elements are strategically positioned in specific locations where they can effectively dissipate energy, while other areas are optimized for storage space. The elements are arranged to provide energy absorption where needed while minimizing interference with the storage compartment volume.
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 effectively utilizes space by integrating impact protection and storage, allowing for the storage of items like umbrellas while maintaining the door panel's structural integrity and safety features.
Implementation Method 1
The door panel may include numerous structures, such as guard beams, side bolsters, impact blocks and the like
Data Source
AI summary
A storage compartment apparatus for a door of a vehicle includes an elongated body that extends along an axis. The elongated body includes impact-absorbing elements arranged along the axis and an axially elongated storage compartment opening at an axial end and coextending with the impact-absorbing elements along the axis.