Motor Vehicle Storage Compartment Closing Device with Displaceable Handle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing closing devices for storage compartments in motor vehicles lack intuitive operation and clear visual indication of the locking status, making it difficult for users to easily lock or unlock the closing element.
Innovation Solution
A closing device with a displaceable actuating handle that moves only in one plane parallel to the frame, providing direct force transmission to the locking device and featuring a locking element that engages with a counter element on the frame, allowing for simple and robust operation with visual feedback on the locking status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the actuating handle is disposed fixedly on the closing element, then the structure is simple, but the user cannot easily operate the locking device and there is no visual indication of locking status
Solution Approach 1:
The actuating handle is made displaceable relative to the closing element, allowing it to move between a retracted position and an extended locking position. This dynamic configuration enables the handle to serve dual purposes: as a gripping element for operation and as a visual indicator of locking status, thereby improving ease of operation without significantly increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The displaceable actuating handle performs multiple functions simultaneously: it serves as a gripping element for user operation, as a visual indicator showing whether the closing element is locked or unlocked, and as a force transmission element to the locking device. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by improving operational ease while maintaining acceptable device complexity
2Ease of operation
If the actuating handle moves in multiple directions, then the operation flexibility is improved, but the kinematics becomes complex and force transmission is less direct
Solution Approach 1:
The movement of the actuating handle is segmented and constrained to a single plane parallel to the frame, rather than allowing free movement in multiple directions. This segmentation of the movement space simplifies the kinematics while maintaining intuitive operation, as the handle moves in a predictable, linear path that is easy for users to understand and control
Solution Approach 2:
A guide element is introduced as an intermediary component between the actuating handle and the closing element. This guide element constrains the handle's movement to a single plane and provides a simple kinematic connection to the locking device, thereby simplifying the overall kinematics while maintaining direct force transmission and intuitive operation
Data Source
AI summary
A closing device for a storage compartment, in particular of a motor vehicle, having a closing element, slidable on a frame, for releasing or closing a frame opening of the frame, and a locking device for locking the closing element in at least one sliding position, wherein the locking device has at least one actuating handle, which is disposed on the closing element and projects from the closing element for gripping, and is coupled to the locking device for locking and releasing the locking. It is provided that the actuating handle is disposed displaceable on the closing element only in one plane, in particular parallel to the frame. The invention further relates to a storage compartment for a motor vehicle with such a closing device.