Vehicle Mount Assembly With Nested Walls For Vibration Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mount assemblies for vehicle components lack a versatile and efficient solution for securely attaching rearview devices and accessories to vehicle interiors, often requiring multiple attachment points and compromising vibration performance and positional tolerance.
Innovation Solution
A mount assembly featuring an attachment device with an aperture, vehicle attachment, interior, and exterior walls, allowing for secure coupling of rearview devices to the exterior wall and accessory devices to the interior wall, using a spring member and mounting posts for enhanced stability and isolation, enabling the attachment of multiple components like cameras and sensors with a single attachment feature.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple attachment points are used to securely attach rearview devices and accessories, then attachment security is improved, but device complexity and assembly time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple attachment functions into a single integrated attachment device with interior and exterior walls. This single device can simultaneously secure both the rearview device and accessory devices, eliminating the need for multiple separate attachment points while maintaining secure attachment of all components.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment device is designed as a universal mounting structure that can accommodate multiple different components (rearview devices and various accessories) through its aperture and wall structure. This multi-functional design allows one attachment device to perform the work of multiple specialized attachment points.
2Reliability
If multiple separate attachment devices are used for rearview devices and accessories, then component security is improved, but assembly time and production efficiency decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple attachment operations into a single assembly process. By integrating both the rearview device and accessory device attachments into one unified attachment device, the assembly process is simplified and completed in one step rather than requiring multiple separate attachment operations.
3Device complexity
If a compact mounting system is used to reduce attachment points, then device complexity is reduced, but vibration isolation performance may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment device employs a nested structure with interior walls and exterior walls forming concentric mounting regions. This nested design allows multiple components to be mounted in a compact, space-efficient arrangement while maintaining adequate separation and vibration isolation between components through the wall structures.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a secure, compact, and efficient mounting system that enhances vibration performance and positional tolerance, allowing for the integration of multiple components such as rearview devices and accessories on a single vehicle windshield, reducing the need for additional attachment pieces and facilitating assembly on a production line.
Implementation Method 1
The rearview device is operably coupled with the exterior wall via a spring member and mounting posts
Data Source
AI summary
A mount assembly for a vehicle component includes an attachment device configured to attach to a vehicle interior component. The attachment device defines an aperture and includes a vehicle attachment portion, an interior wall, and an exterior wall. A rearview device is configured to operably connect to the exterior wall of the attachment device. An accessory device is configured to operably connect to the interior wall of the attachment device.