Vehicle Seat Hanger Bracket for Detachable Hinge-Mounted Seating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stationary vehicle seating solutions lack a convenient and secure method to hang a seat structure from the vehicle's hinge assemblies, limiting flexible seating options in cargo areas.
Innovation Solution
A hanger bracket assembly that engages with the vehicle's hinge assemblies, featuring hooks and fingers to securely attach and detach a seat structure, providing a self-supporting friction-fit mechanism for easy installation and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a seat structure is directly attached to the vehicle body, then installation is simple, but flexibility and ease of storage are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger bracket assembly is designed as a separate, detachable component that interfaces between the seat structure and the vehicle's hinge assembly. This segmentation allows the seat to be easily attached and removed without permanent installation, while the hinge assembly's natural movement provides flexible positioning capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanger bracket assembly utilizes the vehicle's existing hinge assembly (originally designed for liftgate operation) to serve multiple functions: providing structural support, enabling flexible positioning, and facilitating easy attachment/detachment of the seat structure. This multi-functional use of the hinge assembly resolves the contradiction between simple installation and flexible configuration.
2Reliability
If a complex hanging mechanism is used, then secure attachment is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger bracket assembly leverages the hinge assembly's own structural properties and movement characteristics to provide secure attachment. The friction-fit mechanism utilizes the hinge's natural geometry and movement range to automatically secure the seat structure without requiring additional complex locking mechanisms or fastening systems.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of designing a complex active locking mechanism to secure the seat, the invention inverts the approach by using the hinge assembly's passive structural features and friction characteristics to provide secure attachment. The security arises from the hinge's inherent properties rather than from active fastening components.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the seat structure is permanently fixed, then stability is high, but ease of storage and reconfiguration is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The seat structure transitions from a static, permanently fixed state to a dynamic, reconfigurable state by utilizing the hinge assembly's movement capabilities. The hinge allows the seat to be positioned at different angles and locations while maintaining stability during use, and enables easy detachment for storage when not needed.
Data Source
AI summary
A stationary vehicle seating system, including: a hanger bracket assembly configured to engage at least one hinge assembly of a stationary vehicle; and a seat structure that hangs from the hanger bracket assembly when the hanger bracket assembly is engaged with the at least one hinge assembly. A seat structure supporting method includes hanging a seat structure from a hanger bracket assembly that is engaged with at least one hinge assembly of a stationary vehicle.