Foldable Window Regulator Module Panel for Easier Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing size of module panels in window regulator modules leads to poor handling properties during transportation and installation, as the larger size complicates handling and increases the risk of damage.
Innovation Solution
A foldable module panel design for the window regulator module, where the module panel is composed of a main plate and foldable plate portions connected via hinges, allowing it to be compacted and preventing contact with other modules or surfaces during transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the module panel size is increased to accommodate more functional components, then the integration capability is improved, but the handling properties during transportation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The module panel is divided into a body portion and multiple folding plate portions that can be separated and folded relative to each other. This segmentation allows the panel to maintain a large integrated size during installation while being foldable into a compact configuration for transportation, thus resolving the contradiction between integration capability and handling properties.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the module panel size is increased, then the functional integration is improved, but the transportation efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The module panel incorporates folding plate portions that can dynamically change their configuration between extended and folded states. This dynamic capability allows the panel to adapt its size based on operational requirements, maintaining large integrated dimensions during installation for functional integration while folding to compact dimensions during transportation to improve transportation efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If the module panel is made foldable, then the handling properties during transportation are improved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The module panel is segmented into a body portion and folding plate portions connected by hinges. This segmentation enables the folding functionality while maintaining relatively simple hinge connections, thus improving handling properties during transportation while limiting the increase in structural complexity to only the necessary folding mechanisms.
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AI summary
A window regulator module installed on a door panel of a vehicle door, the window regulator module including a window regulator to raise and lower a window glass of the vehicle door, and a module panel to which the window regulator is fixed. The module panel is foldable.