Vehicle Storage Compartment with Removable Floor and Vertical Members
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle storage compartments face challenges in providing efficient and secure storage solutions, particularly in vehicles with uneven interior floors, where items can become unsecured and move during maneuvers, hindering organization and safety.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle storage compartment design featuring first and second vertical members coupled to a base with a cross member, a removable floor, and optional features like pivotally coupled panels, light sources, and sensors to enhance storage capacity and item retention, while accommodating uneven floor elevations and providing secure item detection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional vehicle storage compartment is used on an uneven floor, then the storage space is provided, but items become unsecured and move during vehicle maneuvers
Solution Approach 1:
The storage compartment incorporates a removable floor that can be dynamically adjusted or removed to accommodate uneven vehicle floors. This dynamic feature allows the compartment to adapt to different floor conditions while maintaining item security through the vertical members and cross members that provide structural stability during vehicle maneuvers.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage compartment is divided into vertical members and cross members that create a segmented structural framework. This segmentation provides multiple attachment points and creates a stable geometric structure that prevents item movement during vehicle maneuvers, directly addressing the reliability issue.
2Reliability
If additional structural members are added to secure items, then item retention improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vertical members and cross members serve multiple functions: they provide structural support for the storage compartment, create the aperture for access, and form a stable framework for item retention. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while improving item retention.
Solution Approach 2:
The structural framework combining vertical members and cross members is merged with the access aperture design. The same members that provide structural stability and item retention also define the aperture boundaries, eliminating the need for separate framing components and reducing overall structural complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a removable floor is added to accommodate uneven floors, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The floor is designed as a removable component that can be dynamically installed or removed based on the vehicle floor conditions. This dynamic design provides adaptability to uneven floors without requiring a completely complex adjustable mechanism, as the floor can be simply taken out or placed in position as needed.
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AI summary
A vehicle storage compartment is provided herein. The vehicle storage compartment includes first and second vertical members coupled to a first edge portion of a base and connected by a cross member. The first and second vertical members and the cross member define an aperture accessible from a vehicle-rearward location. The vehicle storage compartment includes a removable floor positioned on base.