Telescopic Frame Cover for Vehicle Seats
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing covering devices for vehicle seat substructures, typically made of elastic materials like rubber, lack durability and stability, failing to effectively protect the substructure from mechanical influences and maintain a secure appearance.
Innovation Solution
A covering device comprising inherently rigid, telescopically displaced frame-like elements guided along a vertical axis, with an elastic element to reset the device to a predetermined initial state, providing enhanced stability and optical appeal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If elastic bellows are used to cover the seat base, then the cover can accommodate vertical movement of the seat, but the durability and stability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The cover device is divided into multiple rigid frame-like elements (first, second, and third frame-like elements) that can move independently relative to each other along the vertical axis. This segmentation allows the cover to accommodate vertical movement while maintaining the rigidity and stability of individual segments, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame-like elements are designed to be movable relative to one another along the vertical axis, enabling the cover structure to dynamically adapt to the vertical movement of the seat base. This dynamic configuration maintains both the rigidity needed for stability and the mobility required for adaptability.
2Reliability
If rigid frame-like elements are used to improve stability, then durability and protection are enhanced, but the ability to accommodate vertical movement is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The frame-like elements are arranged in a nested configuration where the second frame-like element is positioned within the first, and the third within the second. This nesting allows the rigid elements to provide structural stability while still permitting vertical movement through telescopic displacement, effectively resolving the contradiction between rigidity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The movement of the rigid frame-like elements is constrained to the vertical dimension only, allowing them to maintain rigidity in horizontal directions while accommodating vertical displacement. This dimensional constraint enables the structure to be both rigid and adaptable simultaneously.
3Adaptability or versatility
If elastic materials are used for the cover, then flexibility and movement accommodation are improved, but protection from mechanical damage is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cover device combines rigid frame-like elements with guiding mechanisms and elastic elements to create a composite structure. The rigid frames provide mechanical protection and structural integrity, while the elastic elements and guiding mechanisms enable flexible movement accommodation, resolving the contradiction between protection and flexibility.
4Shape
If a telescopic cover design is implemented, then visual appearance and coverage are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The telescopic cover is segmented into multiple rigid frame-like elements that can be manufactured and assembled separately. This segmentation simplifies the manufacturing process for each individual component while achieving the complex telescopic function when assembled, resolving the contradiction between visual appearance and device complexity.
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
The solution significantly improves the stability and durability of the covering device, preventing mechanical damage and enhancing the visual appearance while maintaining effective coverage of the seat substructure.
Implementation Method 1
at least one elastic element (6, 6a, 6b) is provided by means of which the cover device (2) can be reset to a predetermined initial state
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AI summary
The invention relates to a cover device for a seat base of a vehicle seat, wherein the cover device surrounds the seat base laterally, wherein the cover device comprises at least two inherently rigid, frame-like elements which can be telescopically displaced into one another along a vertical axis Z, wherein at least one guide device is provided by means of which the frame-like elements are guided during a displacement along a vertical axis Z, wherein at least one elastic element is provided by means of which the cover device can be reset to a predetermined initial state, wherein the elastic element is connected to at least one frame-like element.