Vehicle Bracket With Pivotable Arms For Secure EMD Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic media device mounting brackets for vehicles often interfere with vehicle controls and obstruct visibility, failing to provide a secure and accessible mounting solution that does not obscure essential vehicle controls or obstruct airflow.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable bracket with a rigid housing mounted to the instrument panel, featuring a linear rail and pivotally connected arms that can be adjusted to securely hold electronic media devices in a position where the display is visible and controls are accessible, without interfering with vehicle functions, using a hinged upper arm and rotatable lower arm that can be stowed to fit various device sizes and types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fixed mounting bracket is used to securely hold the electronic media device, then the device is securely retained, but the bracket obstructs visibility and interferes with vehicle controls
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket employs movable arms with multiple positions (retracted and extended) that allow the bracket to dynamically adjust its configuration. The arms can be retracted to minimize obstruction when the device is not in use, and extended to provide secure retention when needed, thus resolving the contradiction between security and visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket is divided into separate functional components: a fixed housing and movable arms. This segmentation allows the arms to be independently positioned, enabling the bracket to provide secure device retention while minimizing obstruction to visibility and vehicle controls when the arms are retracted.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the mounting bracket is designed to accommodate various device sizes, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed with adjustable arms that can be positioned at multiple locations along the housing, allowing a single bracket design to accommodate various electronic media device sizes and types. This universal design provides versatility without requiring multiple different bracket designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable arms with adjustable positioning capabilities allow the bracket to adapt to different device sizes dynamically. The arms can be extended or retracted and positioned at different locations, providing versatility for various devices while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
3Ease of operation
If the arms are made extendable to reach the device, then accessibility is improved, but the risk of interfering with vehicle functions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The arms are designed to be movable between retracted and extended positions, allowing them to be extended only when needed to access device controls. When retracted, they minimize interference with vehicle functions, thus resolving the contradiction between accessibility and interference risk.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket is integrated into the vehicle's existing structure (dashboard or windshield), extracting the mounting function from a separate, potentially interfering component. The arms are designed to extend only as far as necessary to provide device access without interfering with vehicle functions.
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable bracket for mounting an electronic media device (EMD) in a vehicle includes a rigid housing mountable to an instrument panel substrate. A linear rail is fixedly attached to the housing. A lower arm is pivotally connected to the housing and rotatable between a lower arm stowed position with the lower arm parallel to the rail and a lower arm extended position with the lower arm perpendicular to the rail. An upper arm assembly is adjustably connected to the rail and has a hinged upper arm rotatable between an upper arm stowed position with the upper arm parallel to the rail and an upper arm extended position with the upper arm perpendicular to the rail. In the respective extended positions, the lower arm and the upper arm are to engage and retain the EMD with an EMD display visible to an occupant of the vehicle during vehicle operation.