Vehicle Floor Connector Peg for Wiring Harness Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for connecting electrical and data wiring under vehicle seats, particularly in the front row, face challenges such as damage and reliability issues due to snagging or crushing during assembly, and difficulty in accessing the connectors for secure connection.
Innovation Solution
A floor part with a removable indentation or recess, integrated into the floor, designed to securely hold the floor connector in place, preventing damage and facilitating easy access for connection with the seat wiring, while maintaining sound insulation and compatibility with both manual and electrically operated seats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the floor connector is placed freely under the seat during assembly, then the assembly process is simpler, but the connector is at risk of being snagged or crushed by the seat, leading to damage and reliability problems
Solution Approach 1:
The floor connector is pre-positioned in a receiving space formed in the floor part before the seat is installed. This preliminary positioning protects the connector from being snagged or crushed during assembly while maintaining ease of manufacture, as the connector is already in its correct protected position when the seat is lowered into place.
2Reliability
If the floor connector is secured in a fixed position under the seat, then the connector is protected from damage, but the operator has difficulty accessing and locating the connector for connection
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving space is formed with an open upper face that provides vertical access to the floor connector. This dimensional approach allows the connector to be protected within the floor structure while remaining accessible from above, resolving the contradiction between protection and accessibility by utilizing the vertical dimension for both purposes.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the floor part is made with a closed structure for sound insulation, then acoustic performance is improved, but access to the floor connector for wiring connection becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The floor part is segmented into a main closed body for sound insulation and a localized receiving space with an open upper face. This segmentation allows the majority of the floor part to maintain closed structure for acoustic performance while creating a specific accessible zone for connector connection, resolving the contradiction between sound insulation and accessibility.
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AI summary
According to the invention, the portion (7) of the automobile floor extending under at least one of the seats of the vehicle passenger compartment is characterised in that it includes an attachment means (8) externally provided in the form of a hollow recess and suitable for removably receiving the floor connector located at the end of a flexible cable belonging to the wiring harness running through the floor and capable of being connected to the seat connector of the seat wiring harness.