Steering Wheel Shroud Mount for User Terminal Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle steering systems lack integration of user terminals for enhanced functionality and convenience, particularly in the context of vehicle electrification and simplified design trends, leading to visibility issues and reduced space for auxiliary activities.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle steering device with a shroud that mounts user terminals, adjustable mounting grooves and covers, a charging module, and a deployable table, along with a controller for angle adjustment, ensuring stable and visible terminal operation and additional functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user terminal is mounted on the steering wheel, then accessibility and convenience are improved, but visibility of the terminal may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting cover is designed to be rotatable relative to the shroud, allowing dynamic adjustment of the terminal's viewing angle. This enables the terminal to be positioned at optimal angles for both accessibility and visibility depending on driving conditions and user preference.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal mounting structure utilizes three-dimensional spatial arrangement with the terminal positioned in the upper portion of the shroud. The mounting cover can rotate to change the terminal's orientation in multiple dimensions, optimizing both accessibility and visibility simultaneously.
2Device complexity
If the steering wheel design is simplified for electrification trends, then design elegance and space are improved, but integration of auxiliary functions becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The shroud's upper portion serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the steering wheel, contains the mounting groove for the user terminal, and incorporates the rotatable mounting cover mechanism. This multi-functional design integrates auxiliary functions without increasing overall design complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting groove is nested within the shroud structure, and the mounting cover is nested within the same space. This nested arrangement allows the user terminal integration to be incorporated within the existing steering wheel design without requiring additional external components.
3Ease of manufacture
If the mounting groove is fixed in position, then manufacturing is simplified, but adaptability to different user terminals is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
While the mounting groove itself remains fixed for manufacturing simplicity, the mounting cover is made rotatable to dynamically adjust the terminal's orientation and position. This provides adaptability to different terminal sizes and mounting requirements without complicating the groove fabrication.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a vehicle steering device. The vehicle steering device includes: a steering wheel; a shroud coupled with the steering wheel and including, in an upper portion thereof, a mounting groove configured to mount a user terminal; and a mounting cover hingedly coupled to the upper portion of the shroud. In response that the mounting cover is rotated, the mounting groove is exposed to allow the user terminal to be mounted via the mounting groove and the mounting cover.