Rotating Sterilizing Unit in Electronic Shifter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle sterilization devices face challenges in installation layout and limited sterilization effectiveness due to their fixed positions, which restricts even irradiation and requires additional space, increasing costs and weight.
Innovation Solution
An electronic shifting device with a sterilization function, featuring a spherical mechanism that rotates to expose a sterilizing unit while hiding a shifting unit, allowing for integrated installation and controlled sterilization ray emission, eliminating the need for separate hardware and optimizing interior space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a separate sterilization device is installed in the vehicle, then the sterilization function is provided, but the layout for installing the sterilization device becomes difficult and additional space is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the sterilization device with the electronic shifting device by integrating the sterilization unit into the spherical mechanism housing. The sterilization lamp is installed within the housing that already contains the shifting unit, merging two separate functions (shifting control and sterilization) into a single integrated component. This eliminates the need for separate sterilization device installation and utilizes existing space effectively.
2Ease of manufacture
If a fixed-position sterilization device is used, then the installation is simple, but the sterilization effect is limited to only the adjacent space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the sterilization unit dynamic by integrating it with the rotatable spherical mechanism. When the spherical mechanism rotates to switch between P-range and N-range positions, the sterilization unit rotates accordingly to face different directions. This dynamic positioning allows the sterilization rays to cover different areas of the vehicle interior over time, expanding the effective sterilization area beyond what a fixed device could achieve.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the sterilization unit is always exposed, then the sterilization function is always available, but the shifting unit cannot be operated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic switching between sterilization mode and shifting mode through the rotation of the spherical mechanism. The system alternates between exposing the sterilization unit (for sterilization function) and exposing the shifting unit (for shifting operation). This periodic action ensures that both functions are available at different times, resolving the conflict between sterilization availability and shifting operability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables efficient, even sterilization of vehicle interiors with high-intensity rays, reducing costs and weight, and enhances marketability by providing a seamless hand disinfection mode without additional disinfectants.
Implementation Method 1
sterilization lamps configured to emit sterilization rays
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic shifting device with a sterilization function is provided. The electronic shifting device comprising a spherical mechanism configured to be rotatable relative to a housing installed in an interior of a vehicle, the spherical mechanism having one side at which a shifting unit having a hemispherical shape is provided, and the other side at which a sterilizing unit having a hemispherical shape is provided, a drive mechanism configured to adjust a rotation angle of the spherical mechanism by providing a rotational force to the spherical mechanism, and a controller configured to control the sterilizing unit so that the sterilizing unit performs a sterilization function in a state in which the shifting unit is hidden in the housing and the sterilizing unit is exposed to the interior of the vehicle by a rotation of the spherical mechanism.