Modular Vehicle Seating Assembly With Interchangeable Bases
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current seat designs for vehicles and large-capacity environments require numerous different parts, leading to increased complexity, assembly time, and costs due to their interchangeable nature.
Innovation Solution
The design features a modular seating system with interchangeable bases and rods, allowing for identical bases and end supports to be used interchangeably, simplifying assembly and reducing the number of required parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current seat designs use numerous different parts to accommodate large numbers of individuals, then the seating capacity and versatility are improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The base is designed with aperture patterns that allow a single base design to accommodate multiple seating configurations. The end support includes multiple apertures (first aperture, second aperture, third aperture, fourth aperture) that can receive different rod arrangements, enabling the same base to support various seat module arrangements including facing, side-by-side, and angled configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The seating system is divided into modular components: base, end support, and seat modules. These segmented components can be independently manufactured and assembled in different configurations, allowing versatility without requiring complex integrated designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If current seat designs require a large number of different parts, then the seating can accommodate various configurations, but the assembly time and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal base design with standardized aperture patterns allows the same base to be used across different seating configurations. This eliminates the need for configuration-specific bases, significantly reducing assembly time while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple aperture patterns are combined into a single base design, allowing one base to perform the functions that would otherwise require multiple different base designs. The end support similarly integrates multiple aperture options in one component.
3Adaptability or versatility
If current seat designs use numerous different parts, then various seating arrangements are possible, but the inventory requirements and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal base and end support designs reduce the variety of unique parts needed in inventory. A single base design with multiple aperture patterns can serve multiple seating configurations, significantly reducing inventory requirements while maintaining arrangement options.
Solution Approach 2:
The same base component can accommodate different rod positions and orientations by utilizing different aperture patterns. This parameter flexibility allows one physical component to replace multiple configuration-specific components in inventory.
Data Source
AI summary
Seating in a passenger compartment of a vehicle comprises a first base in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. First and second apertures are disposed on opposite ends of the first base. A modified first base having third and fourth apertures is located adjacent the first base. A first rod is disposed in the first and third apertures. A second rod is disposed in the second and fourth apertures. A seat module has an end support including a fifth aperture for accepting the first rod. An opening is disposed on the end support for accepting the second rod.