Modular Vehicle Storage Enclosure With Locking Under-Seat Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage solutions for open-top vehicles lack security, adaptability, and strength, failing to provide secure and versatile storage options for various vehicles and cargo types.
Innovation Solution
A modular enclosure system with a strong internal frame structure, removable panels, and secure locking mechanisms that can be adapted to different vehicle models, providing secure storage and mounting points for accessories, and supporting substantial weight on its top surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a hard shell covering is used to provide secure storage and weather protection, then security and weather protection are improved, but the advantages of the vehicle (openness, accessibility) are negated
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into modular components including removable enclosures, separate door assemblies, and detachable mounting elements. This segmentation allows the security features to be installed only when needed while maintaining the vehicle's open configuration during normal use, resolving the contradiction between security and vehicle openness.
Solution Approach 2:
The enclosure system incorporates movable doors with locking mechanisms that can transition between open and closed states. The dynamic nature of these components allows the system to provide security when closed and locked, while maintaining vehicle accessibility when open, thus resolving the contradiction between security and adaptability.
2Area of stationary object
If existing enclosures are used to cover storage areas, then some coverage is provided, but they are not secure, not adaptable to varying sized cargo, not sufficiently strong to support items on top, and not adaptable to various vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure system is designed with universal mounting brackets and adjustable components that can accommodate multiple vehicle models and storage area configurations. The same basic enclosure can be adapted to different vehicles and cargo sizes through adjustment mechanisms, providing both comprehensive coverage and security while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The enclosure employs composite construction combining high-strength materials for the frame structure with secure locking mechanisms. This composite approach provides sufficient strength to support items on top while maintaining security features, addressing the multiple deficiencies of existing enclosures simultaneously.
3Adaptability or versatility
If visors, handles, parcel shelves, etc. are used as mounting points, then some accessory mounting is provided, but they do not provide sufficient or sturdy enough connection points for mounting accessories subject to off-roading motions
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-installs reinforced mounting brackets and connection points during enclosure installation, before accessories are attached. These pre-positioned strong connection points are specifically designed to withstand off-roading forces, eliminating the need to rely on insufficient factory mounting points while maintaining versatility for various accessory installations.
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AI summary
An enclosure system for vehicles may include a body with mounting points for mounting the body in a passenger compartment of a vehicle and adapted to fit under a bench seat in the vehicle. The body may include multiple walls coupled together and may couple with one or more doors. For example, the one or more doors may couple with the body with one or more hinges and may close over a top of the body to form one or more cavities in which items may be stored. The enclosure system may also include one or more locking mechanisms for coupling the doors in a closed position and securing the cavities and items within the cavities.