Instrument Panel Mounting Structure That Clears Airbag Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
In vehicles with instrument panels featuring structural objects like shelves or monitors, the deployment of airbags can be obstructed, increasing input to passengers due to the airbag deploying towards the passenger instead of ensuring a sufficient deployment space.
Innovation Solution
A structural object mounting structure on the instrument panel equipped with a moving mechanism, such as a rotary or slide mechanism, that allows the structural object to move away from the airbag deployment path, ensuring a clear space for airbag deployment and reducing passenger input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a structural object is mounted on the instrument panel, then the instrument panel functionality is enhanced, but the airbag deployment space is obstructed causing increased input to passenger
Solution Approach 1:
The structural object is made movable rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically change position based on airbag deployment conditions. The moving mechanism enables the structural object to automatically relocate when an airbag is deployed, ensuring safe deployment space while maintaining instrument panel functionality during normal operation.
2Device complexity
If the structural object is fixed on the instrument panel, then the mounting structure is simple, but the airbag cannot deploy properly toward the intended direction
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure incorporates a moving mechanism that allows the structural object to change position dynamically. This dynamic capability ensures reliable airbag deployment by creating sufficient space, while the mechanism itself is designed to be relatively simple in construction and operation.
3Device complexity
If the structural object remains stationary during airbag deployment, then the mounting mechanism is simple, but the deployment space for airbag is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The structural object is equipped with a moving mechanism that enables it to change position during airbag deployment. This dynamic repositioning creates sufficient deployment space for the airbag while keeping the mounting mechanism relatively simple in design and implementation.
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AI summary
A structural object mounting structure of the disclosure is a structural object mounting structure for mounting a structural object on an instrument panel on a front passenger seat side of a vehicle. The structural object mounting structure includes a moving mechanism that moves the structural object in such a manner as not to prevent an airbag of a front passenger seat airbag device that has been inflated and deployed from being deployed.