Vehicular Utility Mounting Assembly Extended Wall Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicular utility part mounting devices increase the size of the cover member and through hole, deteriorating the appearance of the vehicle interior due to the need for legs and part housing portions to be inserted, leading to a larger cover member on the interior surface.
Innovation Solution
A vehicular utility part mounting member with extended walls and connection portions that allow the utility part to be mounted securely within a smaller insertion hole, using projections and stopper projections to ensure stable mounting without increasing the cover member size, allowing the exposed portion of the utility part to overlap the insertion hole edge.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If legs and part housing portion are inserted through the through hole to mount the utility part, then the utility part can be securely mounted, but the size of the through hole and cover member increases, deteriorating the vehicle interior appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting member is divided into separate functional components: the cover member for aesthetic coverage, the extended wall for structural support and mounting, and the connection portion for joining. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, enabling secure mounting through the extended wall while keeping the cover member compact and aesthetically pleasing.
Solution Approach 2:
The extended wall extends in a direction perpendicular to the cover member's main surface, utilizing the third dimension (depth/thickness) to provide mounting functionality. This dimensional extension allows the mounting structure to protrude from the cover member, enabling secure attachment of the utility part without increasing the cover member's footprint area visible from the interior.
2Ease of manufacture
If a larger through hole is created to accommodate the legs and part housing portion, then the mounting device can be installed, but the cover member size increases, affecting the vehicle interior design
Solution Approach 1:
The connection portion is inserted into and nested within the extended wall structure, with the utility part nested within the mounting assembly. This nested configuration allows multiple functional elements to be contained within a compact overall form, enabling easy installation through a small insertion hole while maintaining a compact cover member shape that does not deteriorate vehicle interior design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the cover member size is increased to accommodate the mounting structure, then the utility part can be mounted, but the vehicle interior appearance is deteriorated
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting functionality is extracted from the cover member itself and implemented through the separate extended wall and connection portion structures. This extraction allows the cover member to maintain its original compact size and aesthetic design, while the utility part mounting capability is achieved through the protruding extended wall structure that does not increase the visible cover member area.
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AI summary
In a mounting assembly of a vehicular utility part mounting member and a vehicular interior part, the vehicular utility part mounting member includes first and second walls extending from a cover member to be opposite each other and configured to have a vehicular utility part therebetween, an extended wall including first and second extended portions extending from extended distal end portions of the first and second walls to an outside of the cover member and parallel to the cover member, and a connection portion connecting end portions of the first and second extended portions that are outside the cover member. The vehicular utility part arranged in a space inside the extended wall has an exposed portion that is disposed outside the cover member and the exposed portion overlaps an insertion hole edge of the insertion hole of the vehicular interior part.