Leather Cover Finish Assembly With Cap Insert for Clean Edges
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Solution Overview
Problem
The insertion of components, such as lighting modules, into leather-covered components in vehicles causes the leather to be pushed and lifted, degrading the finish quality.
Innovation Solution
A cover finish assembly is designed with a cap part that covers the insertion hole and includes a fixing pin and fixing plate to secure the cap part to the cover, preventing the leather from being pushed and maintaining the finish quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If components are inserted from the back surface of the cover, then assembly efficiency is improved, but the leather finish is degraded due to pushing and lifting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cap part as an intermediary component between the insertion part and the leather-covered cover. The cap part is inserted into the insertion hole from the front surface, creating a barrier that prevents the insertion part from directly contacting and pushing the leather. This mediator allows back-surface insertion while protecting the leather finish quality.
2Manufacturing precision
If the cap part is designed to cover the insertion hole completely, then leather protection is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the cover assembly into distinct functional segments: the cover part with insertion hole, the cap part that covers the hole, and the insertion part. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently while simplifying the overall design and assembly process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where the cap part is inserted into the insertion hole of the cover part, and the insertion part is subsequently inserted into the cap part. This nesting arrangement allows multiple components to occupy the same spatial region in a hierarchical manner, protecting the leather while maintaining a compact overall structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A cover finish assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a cover part of which a front portion is covered with leather and in which an insertion hole is formed, a cap part which is inserted into the insertion hole from a front surface of the cover part and corresponds to an edge shape of the insertion hole, and an insertion part inserted into the cap part from a back surface of the cover part after the cap part is inserted into the insertion hole so that a front portion of the insertion part is exposed, and the cap part may be disposed between the cover part and the insertion part to finish a boundary of a cover part.