Vehicle Display Movable Body Guide Rail Dynamics

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle display systems lack enhancement in marketability, with existing technologies not effectively improving their visual appeal and user recognition of displayed information.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle display system featuring a movable body with a frame that shifts between upright and tilt positions, utilizing a driving device and guide mechanism to adjust the display's orientation, and a display device to showcase information in a visually appealing manner, enhancing marketability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If the movable body is shifted between upright and tilt positions using a driving device, then the visual appeal and user recognition of displayed information is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovemarketabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display system employs a movable body that can dynamically shift between upright and tilt positions to enhance visual appeal and user recognition. This dynamic positioning capability allows the display to adapt to different viewing conditions and improve marketability without requiring completely separate display systems for each position.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The guide rail structure serves multiple functions: it guides the movable body during position transitions, provides structural support, and enables both upright and tilt positions to be achieved through a single mechanism. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional components and maintains ease of manufacture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If an arc-shaped guide portion is used during initial application of driving force, then the shift operation smoothness is improved, but the guide device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveshift operation smoothnessVSAvoidguide rail complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The guide rail incorporates an arc-shaped guide portion that provides curved guidance during the initial phase of the shifting operation. This curvature allows for smoother transitions by distributing the driving force more evenly, reducing sudden jerks or impacts, and improving overall shift operation smoothness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

Solution Approach 2:

The arc-shaped guide portion is positioned to engage during the initial application of driving force, preparing the movable body for smooth transition before the linear guide portion takes over. This preliminary curved guidance ensures that the shifting operation begins smoothly, preventing operational shocks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Manufacturing precision

If a linear guide portion is used after initial application of driving force, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the guide device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveguide rail precisionVSAvoidguide rail complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The guide rail is divided into two distinct portions: an arc-shaped guide portion for initial smooth transition and a linear guide portion for precise positioning. This segmentation allows each portion to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall manufacturability, as each segment can be manufactured using standard techniques.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The transition from arc-shaped to linear guidance provides a progressive refinement of the movable body's position. The curved portion handles the dynamic initial movement, while the linear portion ensures precise final positioning, achieving high manufacturing precision without requiring the entire guide rail to be complex.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

Data Source

PatentUS10399439B2Vehicle display system
Publication Date: 2019.09.03 YAZAKI CORP
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AI summary

A vehicle display system 1 that displays information in an inner region 11a of a movable body 10, wherein a guide device 30 includes a guide rail 32 that shifts the movable body from an upright position P1 to a tilt position P2 in a direction of a first driving force, and shifts the movable body from the tilt position to the upright position in a direction of a second driving force, and the guide rail includes an arc-shaped guide portion 33 that guides the guided portion at the time of initial application of the first driving force and at the time of final application of the second driving force, and a linear guide portion 34 that guides the guided portion after initial application of the first driving force and until final application of the second driving force.