Vehicle Seat Connection Base for Multi-Accessory Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Snowmobiles lack the space and configuration to simultaneously connect multiple accessories due to the placement and size of components like the fuel tank, making it difficult to accommodate both passenger seats and storage containers.
Innovation Solution
A seat and accessory connection system that includes a connection base attachable to the snowmobile, a seat with removable connecting features, and an accessory with selective connecting features, allowing for removably and selectively connecting the seat or accessory to the connection base or the snowmobile at designated locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If accessories are connected to the snowmobile, then the functionality of the vehicle is improved, but the available space for connecting multiple accessories is insufficient due to the configuration and size of components like the fuel tank
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is divided into separate modular components: a connection base that attaches to the snowmobile frame, multiple connection locations on the base, and detachable seats/accessories with connecting features. This segmentation allows accessories to be connected at different locations without interfering with each other or with the fuel tank
Solution Approach 2:
The connection base extends in multiple spatial dimensions, providing connection locations both laterally spaced apart and at different heights. The base includes an upper portion with connection features and legs extending downward to attach to the frame, utilizing vertical and lateral space to accommodate multiple accessories around the fuel tank area
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AI summary
A seat and accessory connection system for a vehicle includes: a connection base configured to be connected to the vehicle; a seat configured to be removably connected to the vehicle at a first location on the connection base, the seat comprising at least one first connecting feature; and an accessory configured to be removably and selectively connected to either one of the connection base at the first location and the vehicle at a second location on the vehicle. The accessory has at least one second connecting feature for removably connecting the accessory to the first location and the second location. The connection base has at least one third connecting feature configured to selectively engage the at least one first connecting feature of the seat and the at least one second connecting feature of the accessory to removably connect the seat or the accessory at the first location.