Vehicle Seating Assembly with Rotatable Anchors and Rail Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle seating assemblies lack the flexibility to adapt to varying user needs and preferences over time, limiting the reconfigurability of vehicle interiors.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle seating assembly with an actuation carriage and rotatable anchors that engage with a network of rails, allowing for adjustable positioning and functionality changes without removing the seating assemblies from the vehicle, incorporating active and passive anchors with power and data connectors for enhanced control and communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle seating assemblies are made removable from the vehicle, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and installation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The seating assembly employs dynamic positioning capabilities through electric motors that enable the seat to move along longitudinal and lateral rails within the vehicle cabin. This dynamic adjustment system allows the seat to be repositioned to multiple locations without requiring complete removal, achieving adaptability while maintaining a fixed installation structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The seating assembly integrates multiple functions including positioning along rails, rotation about vertical axes, power connector engagement, and data transmission capabilities. This multi-functional design allows a single seating assembly to serve various configurations and purposes within the vehicle, reducing the need for multiple specialized components.
2Ease of operation
If seating assemblies are made fixed in position, then installation simplicity is improved, but adaptability to varying user needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The seat incorporates electric motors and control systems that enable dynamic repositioning along longitudinal and lateral rails, as well as rotation about vertical axes. This allows the seating assembly to adapt to different user preferences and configurations while maintaining a permanent, simple installation structure that requires no complex removal or reinstallation procedures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple adjustment mechanisms are added to seating assemblies, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The seating assembly combines multiple adjustment functions including longitudinal movement, lateral movement, and rotation about vertical axes into a single integrated system. Electric motors and control mechanisms are merged to coordinate these movements, reducing the number of separate adjustment mechanisms while maintaining comprehensive adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated adjustment system serves multiple functions simultaneously - positioning the seat along rails, rotating it to different orientations, and coordinating movements through a unified control mechanism. This multi-functional approach reduces overall system complexity compared to having separate mechanisms for each adjustment function.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle seating assembly includes an actuation carriage coupled to an underside thereof, a plurality of anchors extending from the actuation carriage, each of the anchors being rotatable about a fixed vertical axis, and a plurality of rollers rotatably coupled to each of the anchors by an axle.