Vehicle Storage Sliding Frame with Stopper-Guided Stable Travel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage compartments in vehicles, such as glove boxes and console boxes, experience unwanted vertical and horizontal movements during sliding, causing noise and instability, which is exacerbated by the need for increased space utilization in autonomous vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A sliding transport apparatus with a fixed frame, movable frame, and a detachable stopper mechanism that limits movement distance and stabilizes the storage compartment, using inclined members and rail casters to facilitate smooth sliding while preventing unwanted movements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the storage portion is made movable to increase space utilization, then space utilization is improved, but stability deteriorates due to unwanted vertical and horizontal movements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces guide long holes as an intermediary structure between the movable storage portion and the fixed frame. These guide long holes constrain the movement of the storage portion to a specific linear path, preventing unwanted vertical and horizontal movements while still allowing the storage portion to slide open and closed. This mediator structure resolves the contradiction by enabling movability for space utilization while maintaining stability through constrained motion paths.
2Ease of operation
If the storage portion slides freely to improve ease of operation, then ease of operation is improved, but noise increases due to unwanted movements
Solution Approach 1:
The guide long holes serve as a mediator that facilitates smooth sliding motion while preventing erratic movements that generate noise. By providing a defined linear path for the storage portion to follow, the guide long holes reduce friction and prevent impact noises from unwanted vertical and horizontal movements, thus maintaining ease of operation while reducing noise generation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the movement distance is increased to improve space utilization, then space utilization is improved, but stability deteriorates due to larger movement range
Solution Approach 1:
The guide long holes act as a mediator that allows the storage portion to travel a sufficient distance for space utilization while maintaining stability throughout the movement. The guide long holes constrain the motion to a precise linear path, preventing deviations that would compromise stability even when the storage portion is fully extended. This enables the system to achieve both adequate movement distance and stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus stabilizes the storage compartment during sliding, reduces noise, and enhances space utilization by allowing controlled sliding without vertical or horizontal movements, improving user experience and vehicle interior space efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of rail casters configured to move the movable frame is rotatably mounted on the first inclined member
Data Source
AI summary
Sliding transport apparatus of a storage portion for a vehicle. The sliding transport apparatus includes a fixed frame provided such that the fixed frame is stationary in a vehicle interior space, a movable frame disposed on an upper portion of the fixed frame and configured to be movable along a longitudinal direction of the fixed frame, the movable frame having an upper portion on which the storage portion is mounted, and a stopper provided detachably on the fixed frame, the stopper being inserted into a guide long hole formed in the movable frame, thereby limiting a movement distance of the movable frame.