Vehicle Shield Cover Assembly With Sliding Slot Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing shield cover assemblies for vehicles suffer from non-uniform slot shapes, leading to quality deterioration and the inflow of alien substances due to interference with the anchorage pretensioner member during seat height adjustments.

Innovation Solution

A shield cover assembly with a sliding cover having a hollow penetration portion and force transfer surfaces, which slides along the bottom surface of the shield cover main body, preventing slot exposure and guiding the anchorage pretensioner member's movement, and featuring a support groove to limit displacement and prevent alien substance ingress.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a slot is formed on the shield cover to avoid interference with the anchorage pretensioner member during seat height adjustment, then the shield cover can move freely, but the slot becomes exposed and allows alien substances to flow in

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveshield cover movementVSAvoidalien substance inflow

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A sliding cover is installed inside the shield cover main body, creating a nested structure where the sliding cover moves within the shield cover to cover the slot opening dynamically

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The sliding cover is designed to move dynamically along with the shield cover main body, automatically adjusting its position to cover the slot opening when the shield cover moves, thereby preventing alien substance inflow while maintaining operational freedom

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the slot shape is made non-uniform to accommodate the anchorage pretensioner member, then interference is avoided, but manufacturing precision and quality deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccommodation of anchorage pretensioner memberVSAvoidslot shape uniformity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The slot covering function is segmented from the shield cover main body and assigned to a separate sliding cover component, allowing the slot to maintain a simple uniform shape while the sliding cover adapts to the complex movement path of the anchorage pretensioner member

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The sliding cover acts as an intermediary element between the shield cover main body and the anchorage pretensioner member, absorbing the complexity of adaptation while keeping the slot geometry simple and manufacturable

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8302994B2Shield cover assembly for vehicle interlocking with seat height adjustment device

Publication Date: 2012.11.06 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD

AI summary

A shield cover assembly for a vehicle, may include a shield cover main body, on which a slot is formed thereon in one direction and another direction of the vehicle, and a sliding cover disposed on a bottom surface of the shield cover main body such that the slot is not exposed outside the shield cover main body, wherein the sliding cover has a penetration portion formed in a hollow shape thereon and an anchorage pretensioner member is fixed to a cushion frame through the penetration portion, and wherein the sliding cover is slidable along the bottom surface in the one direction and the another direction in accordance with a movement of the shield cover main body.