Perforated Luggage Rack Supports for Panoramic Vehicle Windows
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing passenger transport vehicles, such as buses and trains, face the challenge of utilizing space-efficient luggage racks that do not obstruct panoramic windows, allowing for better accessibility and usability of window areas while maintaining luggage storage capacity.
Innovation Solution
A luggage rack design featuring a support part extending horizontally above passenger seats with a perforated holder that is partially or completely integrated into the passenger compartment ceiling, allowing unobstructed views and increased light incidence, and incorporating hollow profile supports for stability and cable routing, with recesses that enhance visibility and luggage capacity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a continuous holder is used for the luggage rack, then the structural stability is improved, but the window surface usability and field of vision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is divided into multiple discrete support elements distributed along the longitudinal direction rather than forming a continuous structure. This segmentation allows light and view to pass through the gaps between elements while maintaining sufficient structural support for the luggage rack.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the holder is made continuous in the longitudinal direction, then the luggage rack stability is improved, but the light incidence into the passenger compartment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The continuous holder structure is segmented into discrete support elements spaced along the longitudinal direction, creating gaps that allow natural light to pass through into the passenger compartment while maintaining adequate structural stability for luggage support.
3Quantity of substance
If a rear wall is added to the luggage rack, then the luggage storage capacity is improved, but the accessibility to window surfaces and insertion of large luggage deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The rear wall structure is segmented or completely omitted in certain sections, creating open access points that facilitate insertion of large luggage items while maintaining storage capacity through the distributed support elements and holder structure.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a vehicle (20) for passenger transport, for example a train or a bus, comprising a passenger compartment (1) that includes passenger seats and is bounded at the top by a passenger compartment ceiling (2) and laterally, at least partially, by a window surface (3). Furthermore, the vehicle (20) has a luggage rack (4) arranged above the passenger seats, comprising a support element (4a) extending in the longitudinal direction (L) of the vehicle for receiving luggage, which is arranged at the level of the window surface (3), and a bracket (4b) by means of which the support element (4a) is held on the passenger compartment ceiling (2). In order to advantageously increase the usability of the window surface (3) of the vehicle (20), it is provided that the bracket (4b) of the luggage rack (4) is designed to allow a view from the passenger compartment (1) to the outside, at least partially.