Swaying Column Glass Support for Vehicle Window Flange
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for fixing a glass plate to a vehicle's window frame, such as using support clips and hook-and-loop fasteners, restrict the positioning flexibility of the glass plate and increase manufacturing complexity and costs due to the need for additional components.
Innovation Solution
A glass support member with a base, a column, and an inclined tip that can sway within a plane, allowing easy alignment and locking into a through hole of the body flange without requiring perfect alignment, thus eliminating the need for additional fasteners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If support clips with columns are used to fix the glass plate, then the glass plate can be temporarily fixed to the body flange, but the positioning flexibility is restricted and alignment precision is required
Solution Approach 1:
The support clip is designed with a flexible column that can dynamically adjust its position. The column includes a first portion and a second portion that can relatively move against each other, allowing the tip to sway within a predetermined range. This dynamic structure enables the column to adapt to positioning deviations while maintaining reliable fixing.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the rigidity parameter of the column by dividing it into multiple portions with different flexibility characteristics. The first portion has different rigidity than the second portion, allowing the column to bend and sway at controlled locations. This parameter change enables the column to accommodate alignment variations without compromising fixing reliability.
2Reliability
If multiple support clips are used to fix a large glass plate, then the glass plate can be securely fixed, but the number of components increases and manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support clip is designed as a universal component that can be used at multiple positions on the glass plate. Each support clip has the same basic structure with a base, column, and tip, allowing identical components to be deployed throughout. This universality simplifies manufacturing while maintaining reliable fixing across the entire glass plate surface.
3Manufacturing precision
If the column tip is made rigid for precise positioning, then alignment precision is improved, but the ability to accommodate positioning deviations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The column tip is designed with dynamic flexibility rather than rigid fixed positioning. The tip can sway within a predetermined range by relative movement between column portions, allowing it to accommodate positioning deviations while still achieving reliable engagement with the through hole.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution simplifies the fixing process, reduces the number of components needed, and enhances manufacturing efficiency and cost-effectiveness by allowing easier insertion and secure engagement of the glass plate without the need for hook-and-loop fasteners.
Implementation Method 1
the tip of the column is capable of swaying with respect to the axis of the column within a plane including the axis
Data Source
AI summary
A glass support member is provided for fixing a glass plate to a body flange of a vehicle. The glass support member includes a base having a first surface and a second surface that face each other, a column that protrudes from the second surface of the base in a direction away from the base, and an inclined member that is arranged at a tip of the column and extends from the tip of the column toward the second surface of the base at an inclination angle with respect to an axis of the column. The tip of the column is configured to be capable of swaying with respect to the axis of the column within a plane including the axis.