Holder for a beverage container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage container holders in vehicles fail to securely support containers of varying diameters, leading to tilting issues due to inadequate adaptability and potential gaps allowing foreign bodies to enter the holder.
Innovation Solution
A holder with height-adjustable supports having differently sized insertion openings and a cam control unit for precise positioning, ensuring lateral support across the circumference and preventing tilting, while maintaining a gap-free interface to exclude foreign bodies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a holder uses fixed-size supports, then the structure is simple, but it cannot adapt to beverage containers of different diameters
Solution Approach 1:
The holder employs height-adjustable supports that can be raised or lowered to different positions, transforming a static structure into a dynamic one. This allows the supports to adapt their height and insertion opening size to match different beverage container diameters, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is divided into multiple independent supports, each with its own insertion opening, that can be adjusted individually. This segmentation allows each support to be optimized for different container sizes while maintaining an overall simple structural framework.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the holder uses multiple height-adjustable supports, then adaptability to different diameters is improved, but gaps may form allowing foreign bodies to enter
Solution Approach 1:
The design converts the potential harm of gaps between supports into a benefit by making the supports height-adjustable. The same adjustability that creates gaps for adaptability also allows the supports to be positioned to eliminate gaps when needed, thus converting the potential harm into a controllable feature that serves both adaptability and contamination prevention.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder changes the parameter of support height to adapt to different container diameters. By adjusting the height parameter of each support, the system achieves adaptability while maintaining the ability to create a gap-free interface with the container, preventing foreign body entry.
3Reliability
If supports are raised higher above the bottom element, then lateral support and tilt prevention are improved, but the risk of gaps forming increases
Solution Approach 1:
The supports are designed to be dynamically adjustable in height rather than fixed. This allows the system to optimize the height of each support based on the specific container being held, achieving reliable tilt-proof support while simultaneously eliminating gaps that could allow foreign body entry.
Solution Approach 2:
Each support can be independently adjusted to have the appropriate local quality (height and insertion opening size) for the specific container diameter. This localized adjustment ensures that each support provides optimal lateral support at the correct height while maintaining proper contact with the container to prevent gaps.
Data Source
AI summary
A holder for holding, for example, a beverage can, in a tilt-proof manner, in a motor vehicle is designed with two rings that are disposed concentrically inside one another, serving as supports (7), which can be consecutively raised and lowered by rotating a control sleeve comprising radial cams. By raising only the larger ring, the holder is suitable for a beverage can having a larger diameter, and by raising both rings, it is suitable for a beverage can having a smaller diameter.