Shock Absorber Mounting Bracket Horizontal Bonding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shock absorber mounting structures in vehicles, particularly when adjacent to a fuel filler neck and fuel line, face challenges in securing sufficient rigidity to effectively insulate and interrupt road noise and vibrations.
Innovation Solution
A shock absorber mounting structure that includes a quarter panel, a wheel housing inner panel, an inner support member, an outer support member, and a mounting bracket coupled through horizontal and vertical bonding surfaces to form a closed space, providing enhanced rigidity and noise insulation by using a dual partition structure to support the shock absorber.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the mounting bracket is coupled to the wheel housing inner panel through a vertical bonding surface due to interference from the fuel filler neck and fuel line, then the installation is feasible in the given space, but the rigidity is insufficient to effectively insulate road noise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a vertical bonding surface to a horizontal bonding surface, changing the dimensional orientation of the mounting interface. This dimensional change allows the mounting bracket to achieve both proper spatial positioning around the fuel filler neck and sufficient bonding area for rigid coupling to the wheel housing inner panel, thereby resolving the contradiction between installation feasibility and noise insulation rigidity
2Strength
If the mounting bracket is coupled through a horizontal bonding surface, then the rigidity for noise insulation is improved, but the fuel filler neck and fuel line installation becomes interfered with
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating a dual partition structure where the mounting bracket forms a first partition space for the shock absorber and a second partition space for the fuel filler neck and fuel line. This localized spatial differentiation allows the horizontal bonding surface to provide rigid coupling for noise insulation while the partitioned structure accommodates the fuel filler neck and fuel line installation without interference
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AI summary
A shock absorber mounting portion structure of a vehicle may include a quarter panel, a wheel housing inner panel coupled to the top of the quarter panel to form a wheel house, an inner support member coupled to an upper surface of the wheel housing inner panel and a portion of the quarter panel to form a closed space together with the wheel housing inner panel and the quarter panel, wherein the portion of the quarter panel may be disposed above the top of the quarter panel, an outer support member coupled to the quarter panel to form a closed space together with the quarter panel to correspond to the inner support member around the quarter panel, and a mounting bracket of which the top may be coupled to the wheel housing inner panel through a horizontal bonding surface so as to support the top of a shock absorber.