Vehicle Partition Assembly with Sliding Drawer and Ventilation

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for improved vehicle partitions that provide secure storage areas and effectively separate rear seat occupants from storage locations within law enforcement vehicles, ensuring that equipment is inaccessible to non-law enforcement officers while maintaining safety and reducing escape risks.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle partition assembly comprising a partition member, platform members, and a drawer with a locking mechanism, designed to create secure storage areas and obscure storage compartments, allowing for airflow while preventing access, and featuring movable panels and latches for secure access control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a partition is installed to separate rear seat occupants from storage areas, then security and safety are improved, but the complexity of the device increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The drawer unit is nested within the partition structure itself, with the drawer forming an integral part of the partition assembly. This allows the storage functionality to be embedded within the security barrier, providing secure storage without requiring separate external storage compartments, thereby improving security while managing device complexity through integrated design

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The partition assembly serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a security barrier separating occupants from storage areas, provides structured storage compartments for equipment, includes airflow ventilation, and offers organized gear management through drawers. This multi-functionality addresses the security requirement while distributing complexity across several integrated features rather than requiring separate systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If secure storage areas are created within the partition, then equipment security is improved, but the ease of operation decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment securityVSAvoidease of operation

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The drawer units incorporate slide mechanisms that enable dynamic access to stored equipment. The drawers can be smoothly opened and closed along guided rails, providing easy retrieval and storage of gear while maintaining secure containment when closed. This dynamic access mechanism resolves the contradiction by allowing operational ease during access while preserving equipment security when the drawer is closed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The storage system is divided into multiple segmented drawer units rather than a single large compartment. Each drawer can be independently accessed and operated, allowing officers to retrieve specific items without opening entire storage areas. This segmentation improves ease of operation by enabling selective access while maintaining equipment security in undisturbed compartments

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If a drawer with locking mechanism is added to the partition, then equipment security is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment securityVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The locking mechanism is merged with the drawer structure itself, with latches integrated into the drawer frame and partition assembly. The locking features are combined with the slide mechanism, creating a unified system where security and operational movement are integrated rather than separate systems. This merging approach improves equipment security while managing device complexity through consolidated design elements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Reliability

If platform members are spaced apart to create obscured storage areas, then equipment security is improved, but the volume of storage space decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment securityVSAvoidstorage volume

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The partition assembly utilizes vertical spacing between platform members to create obscured storage areas. By arranging platforms at different vertical levels, the design creates multiple storage zones including obscured compartments that are accessible only through specific openings. This dimensional arrangement provides security through obscurity while maximizing storage volume within the available vertical space of the vehicle interior

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS11498488B2Vehicle partition for single passenger and secure storage area

Publication Date: 2022.11.15 J R SETINA MFG CO

AI summary

A partition assembly for a vehicle can include a partition member, a platform member, and a drawer. The partition member can extend along a first axis, have a first side surface and a second side surface, and define a storage area and a prisoner area. The platform member can be coupled to the first side surface of the partition member and can extend from the partition member along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The drawer can be coupled to the platform member and can be slidable between an open position and a closed position along the second axis.