Single-Type Bracket for Vehicle Fender Panel Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing fender panel assembly structures for vehicles require multiple brackets, increasing vehicle weight and manufacturing costs, and prolong assembly time due to separate adjustment of gap steps between the fender panel, hood panel, and bumper cover.
Innovation Solution
A single-type bracket with a horizontal assembly surface and assembly end is used to control the fender panel's assembly location in back-and-forth and right-and-left directions, fixed to the fender apron upper member, allowing for adjustment and stiffness enhancement, reducing the need for multiple brackets and simplifying assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If two brackets are used to control the fender panel assembly location, then the assembly precision is improved, but the vehicle weight and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two separate brackets (first bracket for front end module connection and second bracket for fender panel connection) into a single integrated bracket. This unified bracket structure maintains the assembly precision functionality while eliminating redundant components, thereby reducing vehicle weight and manufacturing cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The single-type bracket is designed to perform multiple functions: it connects to both the front end module and the fender panel, and provides both positioning and support functions. This multi-functional design replaces the need for separate specialized brackets, achieving weight reduction without sacrificing assembly precision.
2Manufacturing precision
If two brackets are used for fender panel assembly, then the assembly location control is improved, but the manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging two separate brackets into one integrated component, the patent reduces the number of parts that need to be manufactured, stored, and assembled. This consolidation simplifies the manufacturing process, reduces inventory requirements, and lowers overall manufacturing cost while maintaining assembly location control capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal single-type bracket that performs multiple connection and support functions reduces the variety of specialized components needed, allowing for more standardized manufacturing processes and economies of scale, thereby reducing manufacturing cost.
3Manufacturing precision
If two brackets are used with separate assembly, then the assembly location adjustment is improved, but the assembly working time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the functions of two separate brackets into one single-type bracket, which means that the gap step adjustment and assembly location control can be performed in a single assembly operation rather than requiring separate assembly steps for two different brackets, thereby reducing assembly working time.
Solution Approach 2:
The single-type bracket is pre-designed with integrated connection features and adjustment mechanisms that allow the assembly location and gap steps to be controlled in one preparatory assembly action, eliminating the need for sequential adjustment operations required when using two separate brackets.
4Weight of moving object
If a single-type bracket is used, then the vehicle weight and manufacturing cost are reduced, but the assembly location control capability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The single-type bracket is designed with integrated connection interfaces and structural features that combine the functionality of two separate brackets, ensuring that assembly location control capability is maintained despite the reduction in component quantity and vehicle weight.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal single-type bracket incorporates multiple connection points and adjustment mechanisms within one component, enabling it to perform both front end module connection and fender panel positioning functions, thereby maintaining assembly location control while reducing weight.
5Ease of manufacture
If a single-type bracket is used, then the manufacturing cost is reduced, but the assembly precision may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated single-type bracket combines multiple functions in one component with precision-engineered connection interfaces and positioning features, ensuring that assembly precision is maintained through careful design of the unified structure rather than through the use of multiple separate precision components.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-functional single-type bracket is designed with precision connection features for both front end module and fender panel attachment, maintaining assembly precision through universal design principles that ensure accurate positioning and alignment despite the reduction in component count.
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AI summary
An apparatus for assembling a fender panel of a vehicle, including a single-type bracket may have a horizontal assembly surface at an upper end portion thereof, and an assembly end having a fender panel assembly aperture at a lower end portion thereof extending from the horizontal assembly surface toward a front side of the vehicle, wherein the assembly end of the single-type bracket may be mounted on a front end portion of a fender panel located between a front end module and a bumper cover, and wherein the horizontal assembly surface may be fixed to a lower end portion of a fender apron upper member.