Vehicle Load Floor With Seat-Fitting Slots for Dual Cargo Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional load floors for vehicle luggage compartments face issues with incorrect adaptation to varying spaces due to differing longitudinal dimensions, leading to misalignment or clearance problems when moved between different areas within the compartment.
Innovation Solution
The load floor is designed with adjustable slots and damper devices, including retractable or pivoting flaps, to accommodate varying dimensions and ensure proper fit and prevent object displacement, featuring a longitudinal dimension of L2 for the second area and allowing passage of rear seat fittings through slots when in the first area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the load floor is designed with longitudinal dimension L2 to cover the entire span in the second area, then the load floor can be positioned in the second area, but it encounters rear seat fittings and cannot be correctly positioned in the first area
Solution Approach 1:
The load floor is segmented into a main body and a removable front portion. The front portion can be detached to allow rear seat fittings to pass through, enabling the load floor to be correctly positioned in the first area. When the front portion is installed, the load floor achieves full coverage in the second area.
Solution Approach 2:
The load floor transitions from a static structure to a dynamic system where the front portion can be removed and reinstalled. This dynamic configuration allows the load floor to adapt its effective length based on the required position, resolving the conflict between covering L2 and accommodating fittings for L1 positioning.
2Manufacturing precision
If the load floor is designed with longitudinal dimension L1 to fit the first area, then it fits snugly in the first area, but creates clearance in the second area causing objects to fall
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the load floor into a main body and a removable front portion, the system can achieve precise fit in the first area (when front portion is removed) while also being capable of full coverage in the second area (when front portion is installed), eliminating clearance issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The load floor system becomes multi-functional: it can operate in two distinct configurations to serve both positioning requirements. The same load floor structure, through configuration changes, provides both the precise fit needed for L1 and the full coverage needed for L2.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the load floor is made rigid to maintain structural integrity, then it provides stability, but cannot adapt to different profiles and positions within the luggage compartment
Solution Approach 1:
The load floor is divided into segments (main body and front portion) that can be independently handled. Each segment maintains rigid structural integrity, but the segmented design allows the overall structure to adapt to different profiles by removing or installing the front portion based on the required position.
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AI summary
A load floor (100) for a luggage compartment (200) of a vehicle, wherein the load floor (100) is configured to occupy at least: a first area (201) having a longitudinal dimension L1 and; a second area (202) of the luggage compartment (200), having a longitudinal dimension L2, wherein L2 is greater than L1; wherein the load floor (100) comprises a longitudinal dimension, according to the forward direction of the vehicle, equal to L2; wherein the load floor (100) comprises at least one slot (101) arranged at the forward end of said load floor (100), such that the load floor (100) is configured so that, when occupying the first area (201) inside the luggage compartment (200), the at least one slot (101) is located in correspondence with the fitting (203) or structure of the rear seat (300) of the vehicle.