Passenger Compartment Partition Layout for Privacy and Independent Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Passenger transport vehicles lack effective solutions for enhancing passenger privacy and comfort, as existing designs often compromise on individual space and privacy due to central aisles and shared compartments.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of partition walls that separate passenger compartments with independent access doors, allowing for enhanced privacy and comfort by restricting access between compartments, with the option to adjust or partially open these walls for communication and visual contact, and the inclusion of adaptable seating and compartment configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If partition walls are used to separate passenger compartments, then passenger privacy and comfort are enhanced, but device complexity increases due to additional structural components and access door mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The passenger transport vehicle is divided into multiple independent passenger compartments separated by partition walls. Each compartment can be accessed independently through its own access door, creating discrete private spaces for passengers while maintaining the overall functionality of the vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The partition walls are designed to be adjustable rather than fixed. They can be moved between different positions to create or eliminate partitions based on operational requirements, allowing the vehicle to transition between private and communal passenger configurations.
2Ease of operation
If each passenger compartment has its own access door, then autonomous entry/exit is enabled, but the number of doors and overall device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each passenger compartment is equipped with its own access door, allowing passengers to enter and exit their specific compartment independently without disturbing other passengers. This segmentation of access points provides autonomous entry/exit capability for each compartment.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If partition walls extend in the longitudinal direction, then access between compartments is prevented, but the vehicle length and volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
Partition walls are positioned at strategic locations along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle to create separate compartments. These partitions effectively block access between compartments while minimizing the overall increase in vehicle length by placing doors and access points efficiently.
Data Source
AI summary
A passenger transport vehicle includes a vehicle body having at least one left passenger compartment arranged in a travel direction on a left side of the vehicle, and at least one right passenger compartment arranged in a travel direction on a right side of the vehicle. Each passenger compartment has at least one passenger space and an access door to permit ingress into and egress from the at least one passenger space. A partition wall is arranged between the at least one left passenger compartment and the at least one right passenger compartment to restrict entry of passengers between the left passenger compartment and the right passenger compartment.