Removable Stowage Device with Flexible Bag and Semi-Rigid Frame
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle cockpits in lower-scale vehicles often lack sufficient and adaptable stowage compartments, leading to inefficient and unsafe user interactions due to limited storage space and accessibility.
Innovation Solution
A removable stowage device comprising a flexible bag with a semi-rigid frame and mounting elements, designed to be easily positioned and secured within the vehicle cockpit, providing adjustable storage compartments and electrical connections for electronic devices, while being cost-effective and reducing noise.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional molded hard plastic or metal stowage compartments are used, then structural strength and durability are improved, but vehicle weight increases and manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible bag made from soft flexible materials instead of traditional rigid molded hard plastic or metal stowage compartments. This flexible shell approach maintains the stowage function while significantly reducing vehicle weight and manufacturing cost, directly resolving the contradiction between structural strength and weight.
2Ease of operation
If fixed stowage compartments are built into the vehicle cockpit, then stowage accessibility is improved, but adaptability to different user needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a removable and repositionable flexible bag stowage device that can be dynamically adjusted to different locations within the cockpit area. This dynamic design allows the stowage compartment to adapt to different user needs and preferences while maintaining easy accessibility, resolving the contradiction between fixed accessibility and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The stowage system is segmented into a removable flexible bag component that can be separated from the vehicle cockpit structure. This segmentation enables the user to reposition or remove the stowage compartment as needed, providing adaptability while maintaining accessibility when in use.
3Weight of moving object
If flexible soft materials are used for the stowage device, then vehicle weight is reduced and noise damping is improved, but structural rigidity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite construction for the flexible bag, combining soft flexible materials with a semi-rigid frame structure. This composite approach maintains the weight reduction and noise damping benefits of flexible materials while the semi-rigid frame provides the necessary structural support and stability, resolving the contradiction between weight reduction and structural rigidity.
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AI summary
A removable stowage device having a flexible bag, a frame, and a first mounting element that can be inserted and attached to a receptacle and a second mounting element within a vehicle cockpit providing an easily accessible stowage area that functions to provide stowage space, and to secure and reduce the jostling or shifting of personal items, food and liquids, by a person or the motions of a moving vehicle.