Vehicle Seat Protection Element with Deformable Hook Tabs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing protection elements for vehicle seats lack versatility and secure fastening mechanisms, as they often require fixed fastening hooks that are not adaptable to various constructional spaces and seat designs, leading to potential inadvertent release and inefficient storage.
Innovation Solution
A tarpaulin-like protection element with integrally configured, resiliently deformable tabs that can be bent outwardly to form fastening hooks, featuring a cut-away design with additional retaining portions to ensure secure attachment to the vehicle seat's strut structure, allowing for flexible adaptation to different seat designs and easy storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If fixed fastening hooks are used, then secure fastening is achieved, but versatility for different constructional spaces is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening hook is designed as a resilient, deformable tab that can dynamically change its configuration. The tab can be bent outwardly to form a fastening hook for secure attachment, or folded back into the plane of the protection element for storage. This dynamic adaptability allows the same structure to provide both secure fastening when needed and compact storage when not in use, while also accommodating different constructional spaces.
2Reliability
If additional fastening mechanisms are added, then secure attachment is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening hook is merged with the protection element itself, forming an integral part of the tarpaulin-like structure. The tab is cut away from the protection element and bent outwardly to form the fastening hook, eliminating the need for separate fastening mechanisms. This integration reduces device complexity while maintaining secure attachment capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The protection element serves its own fastening function through the integrated tab that forms the fastening hook. The resilient tab can be manually bent outwardly to engage with the strut structure, and the same structure provides the fastening mechanism without requiring additional components. This self-service approach reduces complexity while ensuring secure attachment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If resiliently deformable tabs are used, then versatility and storage efficiency are improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The tab is designed with specific material properties and geometric parameters that enable resilient deformation. By changing the physical state and mechanical properties of the tab material, it can be bent outwardly to form a fastening hook and then return to its original position. This parameter change approach allows for versatile mounting options and efficient storage while managing manufacturing precision through material selection and design optimization.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a secure, versatile, and cost-effective fastening system that prevents inadvertent release and simplifies storage and handling, while allowing for efficient mounting on various vehicle seats without additional fastening mechanisms, enhancing load-bearing capacity and production efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
the fastening hook of the protection element is formed by at least one tab of the protection element which is cut away and which is bent outwardly in a resilient manner from a plane of the protection element
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AI summary
A tarpaulin-shaped protection element for a backrest of a vehicle seat having at least one securing hook in a single piece with the protection element and which is used to secure the protection element to a strut structure of a vehicle seat. The protection element includes at least one cut-away tab bent outwards from a plane of the protection element and has a free end for forming the securing hook. The tab includes a retaining section for blocking the tab on the strut structure.