Vehicle Storage Hinge with Folded Support to Prevent Slipping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle storage solutions are prone to objects slipping, causing noise and potential damage, and often require complex designs that encroach on installation space, making them difficult to access and install.
Innovation Solution
A storage device with a guide unit and hinge element that can move along a curved or angled path, featuring folding regions and lever elements, allowing for a compact, easily accessible storage solution that can be used as a table-like surface for objects, with a covering element to prevent slipping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional storage possibilities are used, then objects can be stored, but objects slip during driving causing noise and damage
Solution Approach 1:
The storage device is designed to be movable between a stored position and a use position, allowing it to adapt to different driving conditions. When the vehicle is in motion, the device remains retracted to prevent objects from slipping. When stationary or parked, it extends to provide a stable surface for placing objects, thus eliminating the harmful effects of object movement during driving.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage device changes its physical state between extended and retracted positions. By altering its spatial configuration parameter, the device provides a stable platform for objects only when needed (when the vehicle is not moving), thereby preventing slipping, noise, and damage during driving while still offering storage capability when stationary.
2Reliability
If a drawer-like storage possibility is created, then objects can be securely stored, but pronounced encroaching into the installation space occurs
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of a permanently installed drawer that occupies space continuously, the invention employs a dynamic storage device that can be extended only when needed and retracted when not in use. This allows the storage function to be activated on-demand without permanently encroaching on the vehicle's installation space, resolving the contradiction between secure storage and space utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage device is designed to nest within the vehicle interior component when in the retracted position. The hinge element and rest face are configured to fit within the available space, similar to a nested doll structure, allowing the storage functionality to be integrated without pronounced encroachment on the vehicle's installation space.
3Ease of operation
If conventional storage possibilities are configured for driver access, then storage is provided, but the driver cannot completely examine and reach the storage space
Solution Approach 1:
The storage device is designed to extend forward toward the driver when in the use position, bringing the rest face within easy reach and view of the driver. This dynamic extension improves both accessibility and visibility compared to fixed storage compartments, allowing the driver to completely examine and reach the storage space when needed.
4Volume of moving object
If a movable hinge element is used, then installation space is saved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hinge element serves multiple functions: it provides the mechanical connection between the rest face and the vehicle interior component, enables the drawer-like movement, and guides the curved or angled-away movement path. By making the hinge element multi-functional, the invention reduces the need for separate guide mechanisms, thereby saving installation space while managing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide unit and hinge element are integrated into a unified mechanism where the hinge element itself performs the guiding function. This merging of functions eliminates the need for separate complex guiding components, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining the space-saving movable design.
Data Source
AI summary
A storage device for a vehicle has a guide unit and a hinge element which can be guided on the guide unit and is moveably guided along the guide unit in a drawer-type manner. The hinge element has a contact rest surface and at least one lateral wall at an angle to same. The lateral wall has a plurality of fold regions such that a first hinge part and a second hinge part are formed between fold lines in such a way that, in a use position, the storage device forms a stable support for objects.