Modular Tubular Console for Customizable Vehicle Interiors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern motor vehicle consoles are typically designed as fixed structures, failing to accommodate user-specific needs and preferences for customization of functional and convenience features.
Innovation Solution
A modular motor vehicle console comprising a pair of exposed parallel tubular members with forward, intermediate, and rearward sections, operatively coupled to a mount and the vehicle's floorboard, allowing for customizable configurations and integration of various accessories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If consoles are designed as fixed preconfigured structures, then manufacturing simplicity and structural integrity are maintained, but user customization capability and adaptability are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The console is divided into multiple detachable tubular members (forward section, intermediate section, rearward section) that can be independently configured and assembled. Each tubular member can be separately manufactured and then combined in different arrangements to create customized console configurations based on user needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The tubular members are designed with universal coupling mechanisms (forward section operatively coupled with mount, intermediate section coupling forward and rearward sections) that allow the same basic components to serve multiple functions and be arranged in various configurations to meet different user requirements while maintaining structural integrity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple detachable tubular members are used for customization, then user-defined configurations are enabled, but manufacturing complexity and assembly difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The console structure is segmented into standardized tubular members that can be manufactured independently using the same processes, simplifying production while enabling customization. The segmentation allows each component to be optimized for manufacturing while maintaining ease of assembly through standardized coupling mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If tubular members are positioned at different elevations, then ergonomic adaptability is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The console structure incorporates dynamic positioning capability through the intermediate section that can be arranged at different elevations relative to the forward and rearward sections. This allows the console to adapt to different user heights and preferences while maintaining a relatively simple tubular framework that does not require complex mechanical adjustment mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A motor vehicle console comprises a mount and a pair of exposed parallel tubular members. Each of the tubular members has a forward section, an intermediate section extending rearwardly, and a rearward section, wherein at least one of the forward horizontal section, intermediate section, and rearward section is disposed at an elevation horizontally above the other of the forward section, intermediate section, and rearward section and each forward section is operatively coupled with the mount.