Vehicle Luggage Box Guide Mechanism for Removable Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle luggage compartments do not allow for efficient use of lateral space, as luggage boxes are fixed and cannot be easily removed or used outside the vehicle, leading to inconvenience when moving luggage.
Innovation Solution
A storage device with a luggage housing that includes guide units allowing the luggage box to be slid and tilted for removal, enabling it to be used outside the vehicle, and a detachable cover to utilize the internal space as additional storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a luggage box is fixedly provided in the luggage compartment, then the luggage box is securely held in place, but it is impossible to use the luggage box outside the vehicle
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is divided into two separable components: the luggage box and the luggage compartment housing. The luggage box can be independently removed from the compartment through the guide units, allowing it to be used outside the vehicle while maintaining secure attachment when installed. This segmentation enables both fixed storage and portable usage modes.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide units provide dynamic movement capability, allowing the luggage box to be smoothly inserted into and removed from the luggage compartment. The guide rails and guide portions enable controlled sliding motion, transitioning the luggage box between a fixed installed state and a removable portable state, thus resolving the contradiction between secure fixation and ease of removal.
2Quantity of substance
If useless spaces at lateral sides of the luggage compartment are utilized with a fixed luggage box, then additional storage space is secured, but the space cannot be efficiently utilized when the luggage box is needed outside
Solution Approach 1:
The lateral storage spaces are utilized by installing removable luggage boxes rather than fixed structures. This segmentation allows the storage capacity to be maintained when the boxes are installed, while providing the flexibility to remove and relocate them when needed, thus efficiently utilizing the lateral spaces with both capacity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The luggage boxes serve multiple functions: they provide fixed storage when installed in the lateral compartments and become portable storage units when removed. This multi-functionality allows the same storage spaces to adapt to different usage scenarios, maximizing both storage capacity and flexibility.
3Ease of operation
If a luggage compartment is designed with larger internal space, then user convenience is improved, but useless lateral spaces are created that are difficult to utilize
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than uniformly reducing the luggage compartment size, the invention applies local quality by specifically utilizing the useless lateral spaces with removable luggage boxes. This allows the main internal space to remain large for user convenience while the lateral areas are efficiently filled with specialized storage units, optimizing both convenience and space utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The removable luggage boxes provide dynamic adaptability to the lateral spaces, allowing them to be installed when additional storage is needed and removed when the space should be opened or accessed. This dynamic utilization transforms previously useless lateral spaces into flexible storage areas without compromising the main compartment's accessibility.
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AI summary
A storage device for vehicles enables a luggage box to be separated from a luggage compartment in a vehicle and to also be used outside the vehicle, thereby improving convenience in use. The storage device enables the internal space in the luggage compartment to be employed as a storage space even when the luggage box is separated from the luggage compartment, thereby improving availability of space.