Vehicle Kitchen Module Rail Layout for Deployable Storage Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a compact and integrated kitchen solution for vehicles that can provide essential cooking and storage facilities while allowing for easy access and retraction to maximize storage space, particularly in off-road and recreational vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A modular kitchen system for vehicles that includes a frame system with a rail system allowing axial motion, featuring a sink, potable water tank, induction rangetop, drawers, and a countertop that can be extended and retracted, with electrical and air compression extensions for power and functionality, and a shuttle system for modular components that can be mounted and secured.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a kitchen module is integrated into vehicle storage compartment, then cooking facilities are provided, but storage space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The kitchen module is divided into separate functional components (sink, rangetop, drawers, countertop sections) that can be independently mounted or removed from the frame system, allowing selective deployment of cooking facilities while maintaining storage accessibility
Solution Approach 2:
The rail system enables the frame system to move axially between retracted and extended positions, dynamically adjusting the balance between storage space availability and kitchen facility deployment based on user needs
2Ease of operation
If kitchen module is extended from storage compartment, then accessibility is improved, but storage capacity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The axial motion capability of the frame system along the rail allows the kitchen module to be extended for easy access during cooking operations and retracted to maximize storage capacity when not in use, providing dynamic adaptability between these two states
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple kitchen components are mounted to frame system, then functionality is improved, but device complexity is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The frame system serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for kitchen components, enables axial motion along rails, and offers mounting capability for various kitchen elements, reducing the need for separate support structures
Solution Approach 2:
The kitchen components are organized in a hierarchical structure where drawers, sink, and rangetop are mounted on the frame system which itself is mounted to the vehicle, creating a nested arrangement that consolidates multiple functions into an integrated unit
Data Source
AI summary
A kitchen module for a vehicle includes a frame system for providing structural support, a rail system affixed to the frame system and the vehicle, and a plurality of kitchen components mounted to the frame system. The rail system is configured to allow the frame system to move relative to the vehicle. The plurality of kitchen components include a sink, a potable water tank, a waste-water tank, a rangetop, at least one drawer, a countertop, lights, any other suitable component, or any combination thereof. The vehicle, which may be an electric vehicle having a battery module, can include an electrical extension connecting an electric power source of the vehicle to the kitchen module. The electrical extension may be coupled to at least one of an actuator of the rail system and a rangetop.