Movable Console Rail for Rotating Vehicle Seats
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Solution Overview
Problem
In vehicle interiors, existing arrangements face challenges in variability and user friendliness, particularly when rotating a seat row with multiple seats, as the limited space makes it difficult to easily rotate the seats without obstructing consoles, which are often fixed to the rotatable plate.
Innovation Solution
A movable console supported by a multi-part rail that extends along the floor and plate, allowing it to move independently of the rotatable seat row, enabling the console to be positioned arbitrarily and automatically adjusted by a drive device to avoid the path of the rotating seats, with the option to extend to the second seat row and combine with another console for shared use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the console is fixed to the rotatable plate, then the console rotates together with the seat row, but the console obstructs the rotation path of the seats and reduces maneuverability
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into independent segments: the rotatable plate with seat row can rotate independently, while the console is separated and can move along the rail independently. This segmentation allows the seat row to rotate without obstruction from the console, while the console maintains its position relative to the vehicle interior through independent movement along the rail.
Solution Approach 2:
The console is made dynamic by allowing it to move along the multi-part rail system. Instead of being fixed to the rotatable plate, the console can adjust its position independently during and after rotation, enabling it to clear the rotation path while maintaining accessibility to occupants.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the console is movable along the rail, then the console can be positioned arbitrarily, but the device complexity increases due to the multi-part rail system
Solution Approach 1:
The multi-part rail system serves multiple functions: it guides the console during rotation, allows arbitrary positioning along the rail, and enables the console to move independently from the seat row. This universal rail structure replaces what would otherwise require multiple separate mechanisms for rotation guidance, positioning, and independent movement.
Solution Approach 2:
The rail system acts as an intermediary mechanism between the rotatable plate and the console. It mediates the motion during rotation and provides a guided path for the console, simplifying the overall system by providing a single structured pathway rather than requiring complex direct coupling mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If the plate and first seat row are rotatable independently of the console, then the rotation can proceed without obstruction, but the console may end up in an inconvenient position for occupants
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback through the drive device that monitors and controls the console position along the rail. During and after rotation, the drive device adjusts the console position to ensure it remains in an accessible location for occupants, providing automatic feedback-based positioning that maintains usability despite independent rotation of the seat row.
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AI summary
An arrangement for a vehicle interior having a first seat row, which includes at least one seat, and having a second seat row, which is disposed in the vehicle interior in front of or behind the first seat row and includes at least one seat, the first seat row being disposed in or on a plate which is rotatably supported in or on a floor of the vehicle interior. It is provided that at least one movably supported console is provided, and the console is movable along at least one rail, which is disposed in or on the floor of the vehicle, the rail having a multi-part design and being disposed in or on the plate, at least in areas.