Vehicle Seat Baseboard Layout for Variable Row Spacing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing design of vehicle seats with variable separation distances between rows requires multiple models of baseboards and seat feet, leading to increased costs and design time due to the need for multiple variants.
Innovation Solution
The use of first and second baseboards with identical lengths, where each baseboard has a covered portion at one end to accommodate different seat separation distances, allowing for a single variant of foot and baseboard to be used across rows, with cables fully supported and protected by these baseboards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If variable separation distances between seats are used to provide different classes of comfort, then passenger comfort and class differentiation are improved, but the number of baseboard and seat foot variants increases, leading to increased manufacturing costs and design time
Solution Approach 1:
The baseboard is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate multiple seat spacing configurations. The baseboard includes a first portion and a second portion that can be positioned in different configurations, allowing the same baseboard design to work with both smaller and larger seat separations, thereby eliminating the need for multiple variant designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The baseboard incorporates movable or adjustable portions that can be positioned in different locations along the baseboard length. This dynamic positioning capability allows the baseboard to adapt to variable seat spacing requirements while maintaining a single standardized design, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple variants of baseboards and seat feet are manufactured to accommodate variable seat spacing, then different class configurations are achieved, but manufacturing costs and preparation time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
A single universal baseboard design serves multiple class configuration purposes. The baseboard's first and second portions can be arranged in different configurations to accommodate both economy and premium class seat spacings, eliminating the need to manufacture multiple variant types and reducing both manufacturing cost and preparation time.
Solution Approach 2:
The baseboard is divided into distinct portions (first portion and second portion) that can be independently positioned or configured. This segmentation allows flexibility in arrangement while maintaining a single standardized baseboard component, simplifying manufacturing while achieving variable spacing requirements.
3Reliability
If baseboards are customized for each seat spacing configuration, then precise cable coverage and protection are ensured, but design time and production complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal baseboard design provides reliable cable protection across all seat spacing configurations through its adjustable first and second portions. These portions can be positioned to ensure complete cable coverage regardless of the seat spacing, eliminating the need for custom designs while maintaining protection reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle (10) includes:a first row (18) of seats (16),a second row (20) of seats (16),cables (36) extending between the lateral feet (28) of the seats (16),first baseboards (40), each first baseboard (40) extending between the lateral feet (28) of two of the seats (16) of each first row (18) and supporting the cables (36), andsecond baseboards (42), each second baseboard (42) extending between the lateral feet (28) of two of the seats (16) of each second row (20) and supporting the cables (36).The first baseboards (40) and the second baseboards (42) have identical lengths (L), each first baseboard (40) and/or each second baseboard (42) comprises, on at least one end (44), a portion covered (46) by one of the lateral feet (28) between which the first baseboard (40) and/or the second baseboard (42) is arranged.