Moving Multi Console for Vehicle with Sliding and Rotating Guide Shafts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional vehicle consoles are fixedly mounted, limiting their use by rear passengers and interfering with seat swiveling motions, and occupy valuable space, making them inconvenient for both front and rear seat users, especially in autonomous vehicles with flat floor panels.

Innovation Solution

A moving multi-console system comprising two interconnected consoles with guide shafts that allow sliding and rotational movement, enabling the consoles to be positioned for use by both front and rear passengers without interfering with seat swiveling, and featuring adjustable rotation radii for optimal space utilization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the console is fixedly mounted on the floor panel, then the console structure is simple and stable, but the console cannot be used by rear passengers and interferes with seat swiveling motion

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveusability by multiple passengersVSAvoidconsole structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The console is divided into two separate consoles: a first console for front passenger use and a second console for rear passenger use. This segmentation allows each console to be independently positioned and used by different passengers without interfering with seat swiveling motion, while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The consoles are designed with movable capabilities through guide shafts that enable sliding and rotating movements. This dynamic design allows the consoles to be repositioned according to different usage scenarios and seat configurations, improving adaptability without requiring complex active control systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If the console is fixedly mounted, then the console occupies stable space for storage, but the console becomes far from the seat when the seat is moved forward or rearwards

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessibility to consoleVSAvoidmounting mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The guide shafts enable the consoles to slide and rotate, allowing them to maintain optimal positioning relative to the seats even when seats are moved. This provides continuous accessibility without requiring complex active tracking mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The first and second consoles can be nested within each other when not in use, with the first console fitting into the second console. This nesting arrangement minimizes space occupation while maintaining ease of access when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Ease of operation

If the console is positioned within the swivel orbit of the seat, then the console is easily accessible to front passengers, but the console interferes with the swiveling motion of the seat

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefront passenger accessibilityVSAvoidinterference with seat swiveling

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

By separating the console into two independent units (first and second consoles), the system can position the first console for front passenger accessibility while the second console is positioned outside the swivel orbit to avoid interference with seat motion.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The guide shafts enable the consoles to move not only in the horizontal plane but also to rotate out of the swivel orbit path. This adds rotational freedom as another dimension of movement, allowing the console to maintain accessibility while avoiding interference with seat swiveling.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

4Area of stationary object

If a flat plate-type panel is used as the interior floor panel in autonomous vehicles, then more space is available for seating, but the console cannot be directly used by rear passengers

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefloor panel areaVSAvoidrear passenger usability

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The second console is specifically designed to be positioned in the rear portion of the vehicle, accessible to rear passengers. This segmentation allows the flat floor panel to maximize seating space while the second console provides dedicated functionality for rear passengers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The guide shaft system provides universal movement capability that allows both consoles to be positioned for use by different passengers (front and rear). This multi-functional positioning system enables the same mechanism to serve different user groups without requiring separate dedicated mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11148601B2Moving multi console for vehicle

Publication Date: 2021.10.19 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD

AI summary

The present disclosure provides a moving multi console for a vehicle, which is designed to be used in various applications in the confined interior space in a vehicle, and which includes a second console slidably and rotatably mounted on a floor panel, a first console slidably and rotatably coupled to the second console, and first and second guide shafts, which are fixed at lower ends thereof to the floor panel and are inserted at upper ends thereof into the second console and the first console so as to guide and support sliding movement and rotating movement of the second console and the first console.