Drawer Cover Plate Assembly Sliding Guide Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional rotary cover plates for vehicles often collide with surrounding parts during rotation, causing product abrasions and affecting appearance due to difficulties in setting a proper rotational shaft.
Innovation Solution
A cover plate assembly with a flat plate-like main body and a counter-part having guide plates and snap-fit mechanisms, allowing the cover plate to slide along guide plates and snap into place, preventing collisions with surrounding parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a rotary cover plate is used, then the cover plate can be opened and closed, but it collides with surrounding parts during rotation causing product abrasions and affecting appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional rotary motion concept by using a sliding drawer structure instead. The cover plate moves linearly along guide plates rather than rotating, which eliminates collision with surrounding parts while still achieving the function of opening and closing. This inversion of the motion principle directly resolves the technical contradiction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the motion dimension from rotational (circular path) to linear (straight path) by introducing guide plates. The cover plate slides along the guide plates in a linear direction, transforming the motion from one dimensional rotation to another dimensional linear movement, thereby avoiding collision with surrounding parts.
2Ease of operation
If a rotary cover plate is used, then the cover plate can be opened and closed, but it is difficult to set a proper rotational shaft due to surface shape constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional rotary motion concept by using a sliding drawer structure instead. The cover plate moves linearly along guide plates rather than rotating, which eliminates collision with surrounding parts while still achieving the function of opening and closing. This inversion of the motion principle directly resolves the technical contradiction.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the motion dimension from rotational (circular path) to linear (straight path) by introducing guide plates. The cover plate slides along the guide plates in a linear direction, transforming the motion from one dimensional rotation to another dimensional linear movement, thereby avoiding collision with surrounding parts.
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AI summary
A cover plate assembly for a vehicle comprises a cover plate (1) provided with a flat plate-like main body of the cover plate and a counter-part (2) provided with a plate-like main body of the counter-part. The counter-part main body (21) has a through-hole (22) matching with the shape of the cover plate main body (11), and two guide plates (24) project in the through-hole area and support the cover plate main body (11) thereunder. The cover plate assembly is in drawer structure, the cover plate (1) being configured to be assembled to the counter-part (2) by sliding along the guide plates (24). The cover plate assembly in drawer structure is simply structured, low in cost and easy to operate.