Segmented Line Routing in Vehicle Bodywork Cavities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing line arrangements in the automotive sector face complexity and increased installation space requirements when integrated into vehicle components, making assembly and maintenance challenging, especially when routing through cavities or chambers.
Innovation Solution
A pliable line arrangement with rigid segments and flexible connection elements, supported by vibration-damping assembly elements, allows for simple and stable integration within vehicle components, reducing assembly complexity and installation space needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If lines are integrated into the interior of vehicle components, then installation space is reduced and assembly is simplified, but the complexity of routing and securing lines increases
Solution Approach 1:
The line is divided into multiple rigid segments connected by flexible connection elements, allowing the line to be routed through complex interior paths of vehicle components while maintaining manageability and reducing routing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The line arrangement is integrated within the interior of existing vehicle components (chambers of body structures), nesting the line system within available spaces rather than adding external routing, thereby reducing installation space
2Stability of the object's composition
If assembly elements are added to support and fix the line in the interior, then stability and vibration damping improve, but the complexity of the line arrangement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The assembly elements are designed to be supported by the internal walls of the component themselves, utilizing the existing component structure for support rather than requiring additional external mounting structures, thus improving stability without proportionally increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Vibration-damping elements with elastic construction (rubber, plastics material) are used to absorb vibrations and stabilize the line arrangement, providing damping functionality through material properties rather than complex mechanical structures
3Ease of manufacture
If rigid segments and flexible connection elements are used, then the line can be assembled in the interior of components, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The line is constructed from modular rigid segments and flexible connection elements that can be assembled together, enabling the line to be configured and installed in the interior of components with reduced assembly complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The line is designed to be pliable with specific flexibility characteristics, allowing it to be routed through complex interior paths while maintaining ease of assembly through controlled flexibility rather than rigid fixed configurations
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables reliable and efficient routing of lines through vehicle components, reducing installation space requirements and improving assembly ease, while maintaining structural stability and vibration damping, thus enhancing vehicle design and access.
Implementation Method 1
the assembly element is configured as a vibration-damping element
Implementation Method 2
possesses an elastic construction, and/or is configured with or from rubber, plastics material
Data Source
AI summary
A line arrangement for assembly, for at least partial insertion inside a component and/or for guiding through the inside of a component, particularly a chamber of a bodywork component of a vehicle, includes at least one line which is designed in a non-rigid manner with a plurality of rigid segments and with flexible connection elements that connect to the rigid segments.