Sliding glove box
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing closed type glove box designs face issues with reduced capacity when using a double rail and increased risk of passenger injury due to long single rail lengths in vehicle crashes, along with operational problems from rail length reduction.
Innovation Solution
A sliding glove box design featuring multiple wheels on each side, fixed to protruding brackets, moving along a 'c' shaped rail with elastic stoppers and bumpers to prevent separation and ensure stable contact, minimizing rail length and maintaining capacity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a double rail is applied to the closed type glove box, then the structural stability is improved, but the capacity of the glove box decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The rail structure is segmented into a 'c' shape with distinct upper and lower portions, allowing the wheel to contact only one side at a time. This segmentation enables the rail to provide stable support while occupying less space, thus maintaining glove box capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheel-rail contact is changed from a traditional full-contact configuration to a selective single-side contact arrangement. The wheel contacts alternately the upper or lower portion of the 'c' shaped rail, creating a dimensional variation in the contact pattern that reduces overall rail length while maintaining stability.
2Volume of moving object
If a single rail is applied to the closed type glove box, then the capacity of the glove box is improved, but the risk of passenger injury increases due to long rail length
Solution Approach 1:
The single rail is segmented into a 'c' shape with upper and lower portions, allowing the wheel to contact only one side at a time. This creates effective support with minimal rail length, reducing the harmful effect of long rails in crash scenarios while maintaining capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The design converts the potential harm of long rails into a benefit by using a 'c' shaped configuration where the wheel contacts only one side. This minimizes rail length and associated injury risk while the alternating contact mechanism ensures operational reliability, turning a safety hazard into a safe design.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the single rail is simply cut to reduce length, then the passenger injury risk is reduced, but operational problems occur due to retainer separation
Solution Approach 1:
The rail is segmented into a 'c' shape with distinct upper and lower portions, creating natural contact zones. This segmentation allows the wheel to stably contact one side at a time, providing operational reliability without requiring a long continuous rail, thus avoiding retainer separation issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The wheel-rail interaction is made dynamic, with the wheel alternately contacting the upper or lower portion of the 'c' shaped rail. This dynamic contact pattern ensures stable operation throughout the sliding range, maintaining reliability while using minimal rail length.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a sliding glove box comprising a glove box (100) including an inner space for accommodating an object and a case (200) which accommodates the glove box (100), wherein a plurality of wheels (120) are disposed at each of two sides of the glove box (100), the plurality of wheels (120) are configured to move on a rail (210) disposed in the case (200), and at least one of the plurality of wheels (120) has one side that is in contact with the rail (210).