Vehicle Floor Rail Locking Structure for Movable Storage Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle designs face challenges in creating a structure that allows for easy rotation or lateral movement of vehicle seats and storage devices, while ensuring reliable mounting and mobility within the vehicle.
Innovation Solution
A movable-device-fixing structure that includes a rail unit mounted inside the vehicle floor, a storage device that can move along the rail unit, and a fixing unit on the storage device that allows it to be fixed at predetermined positions using a locking mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional fixed mounting structure is used for vehicle seats and storage devices, then reliable mounting is ensured, but mobility and ease of repositioning are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic mounting system where the storage device can transition between fixed and movable states. The fixing unit includes a locking mechanism that can engage with fixing brackets at different positions along the rail unit, allowing the storage device to be securely fixed when needed while maintaining mobility when released.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: a rail unit mounted on the vehicle floor, a storage device with a fixing unit, and multiple fixing brackets positioned at different locations. This segmentation allows independent movement and fixing capabilities, resolving the contradiction between mobility and reliable mounting.
2Ease of operation
If a movable mounting structure is implemented to allow easy repositioning, then ease of operation is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing unit is designed as a universal mechanism that can engage with multiple fixing brackets positioned at different locations along the rail unit. This multi-functional design allows the same fixing mechanism to provide both mobility (by releasing) and secure mounting (by engaging at different positions) without requiring multiple different mechanisms, thereby limiting the increase in structural complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple fixing positions are provided along the rail unit, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces fixing brackets as intermediary elements distributed along the rail unit at different positions. These brackets serve as mediation points between the storage device and the vehicle floor, enabling multiple fixing positions without requiring the main fixing mechanism to be complex. The fixing unit simply needs to engage with whichever bracket is in the desired position.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a structure for fixing a movable device. The structure for fixing a movable device includes a rail unit mounted inside the floor of a vehicle, a storage part configured to be movable along the rail unit, and a fixing unit provided on the storage part so as to be adjacent to the rail unit to limit movement of the storage part. The fixing unit includes a housing disposed in the storage part, a locking rod disposed in the housing and configured to be insertable into a fixing bracket disposed on the rail unit, a first limiting rod configured to limit movement of the locking rod in a vertical direction, and a second limiting rod configured to limit movement of the first limiting rod in the state of separation of the first limiting rod from the locking rod.