Universal Packaging Components for Wiper Blades
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current packaging methods for wiper blades are inefficient, requiring the production of multiple different packaging components, which increases manufacturing effort and costs, and do not allow for a cost-effective or space-saving packaging solution.
Innovation Solution
A packaging method that uses identical packaging components for both individual and set packaging of wiper blades, with components designed to be essentially the same in terms of longitudinal, transverse, and depth extent, allowing for rotation and material bonding to create a compact and efficient packaging system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If different packaging components are produced for individual and set packaging, then packaging functionality is achieved, but manufacturing effort and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single packaging component that serves multiple functions: it can be used for both individual wiper blade packaging and set packaging (multiple wiper blades). The component's modular design with connection elements allows it to be replicated and assembled in different configurations, eliminating the need for completely different packaging solutions for individual versus set packaging, thereby reducing manufacturing effort while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging component is segmented into modular sections with standardized connection elements. This segmentation allows the same basic component to be used individually or combined with other identical components to form sets, enabling versatile packaging configurations from a single standardized part design, thus reducing manufacturing complexity.
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple differently shaped packaging components are produced, then specific packaging requirements are met, but production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a universal packaging component design that can fulfill various packaging requirements through different arrangements and combinations of identical components, rather than producing multiple differently shaped components. This standardization directly reduces production costs by simplifying the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple different packaging components into a single standardized component design. By combining modular elements of identical components through connection features, the solution achieves diverse packaging shapes and configurations without requiring multiple unique component designs, thereby reducing production costs.
3Reliability
If traditional packaging methods are used, then wiper blades are protected, but packaging space efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging component design allows nested arrangement where multiple identical components can be positioned within each other or in tight configurations using standardized connection elements. This nesting capability reduces the overall packaging volume required for set packaging while maintaining adequate protection for each wiper blade through the structured modular design.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a packaging method for packaging wiper blades. According to the invention, in at least one method step (62a, 64a, 72a, 74a, 76a; 62b, 64b, 72b, 74b, 76b; 62c, 64c, 72c, 74c, 76c), at least one same packaging component (14a, 16a, 18a; 14b, 16b, 18b; 14c, 16c, 18c) is used in an individual packaging (10a; 10b; 10c) and in a set packaging (12a; 12b; 12c).