Nonlinear Guide for Vehicle Electric Unit Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing motor vehicle designs lack a space-efficient method to arrange multiple electric units in the instrument mount, often compromising storage space and limiting the use of installation space behind the glove compartment.
Innovation Solution
A receiving system with a guide that implements a nonlinear movement path allows electric units to be oriented and positioned at a distance from the outside, enabling efficient use of installation space by sliding them into a position behind the instrument panel, where they can be fixed and additional units can be placed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If electric units are placed in the installation space behind the glove compartment, then the use of installation space is improved, but the storage space in the glove compartment is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a nonlinear movement path that extends the installation space into the glove compartment area through a three-dimensional trajectory. The guide enables electric units to be positioned along a curved path thatutilizes vertical and lateral dimensions, effectively expanding the usable installation volume without occupying horizontal storage space in the glove compartment.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving system is divided into a fixed receiving unit and a movable guide component. The guide can be positioned in different configurations, allowing flexible arrangement of multiple electric units at different locations along the nonlinear path, thereby optimizing both installation space utilization and glove compartment accessibility.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple electric units are arranged in the instrument mount, then the quantity of electric units is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide structure serves multiple functions: it provides mechanical guidance for electric units during installation, defines the nonlinear movement path, enables positioning at multiple locations, and facilitates both insertion and removal operations. This multi-functionality allows multiple electric units to be arranged without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide acts as an intermediary component between the receiving unit and the electric units. It simplifies the arrangement process by providing a predefined nonlinear path that automatically guides the positioning of multiple electric units, reducing the complexity of manual installation and alignment.
3Ease of operation
If a nonlinear movement path is used for the guide, then the ease of operation for positioning electric units is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The nonlinear guide structure is designed to automatically guide electric units along the predetermined curved path during insertion. The geometry of the guide itself provides the positioning function without requiring additional active control mechanisms, sensors, or actuators, thereby maintaining simplicity while achieving ease of operation.
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AI summary
A receiving system for receiving at least one guided device, in particular an electric unit, in an instrument mount of a motor vehicle. The invention also relates to an electric module, which comprises a receiving system and a guided device, as well as a motor vehicle, which includes a receiving system or an electric module. The receiving system includes a receiving unit for spatially receiving the guided device in the receiving system, as well as a guide for implementing a guided slide-in movement of the guided device, in particular the electric unit, into the receiving unit. The guide is fixed in relation to the receiving unit and defines a nonlinear movement path, so that the guided device may be oriented in a first spatial orientation on an outside of the receiving system facing a driver of a motor vehicle.