Vehicle Storage Compartment Insert with Positioning Elements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle storage compartments lack flexibility and secure storage options for beverage containers of different sizes, often resulting in makeshift solutions that compromise aesthetics and load capacity.
Innovation Solution
A storage compartment design with an insert that matches the outer contour of the storage compartment wall, featuring positioning elements on both sides to securely fix the insert, and pressure elements on the inner wall to hold beverage containers, allowing for adaptable and crash-proof storage of various container sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an insert is added to adapt the storage compartment for beverage containers, then adaptability and secure storage are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage compartment is divided into a fixed outer structure and a removable insert. The insert can be independently removed and replaced, allowing the storage compartment to adapt to different beverage container sizes and configurations without modifying the entire structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The insert is designed to be reversibly insertable and removable from the storage compartment. This dynamic configuration allows the storage compartment to change its internal structure based on usage requirements, providing adaptability while maintaining a simple fixed outer structure.
2Shape
If the insert is made to fit tightly within the storage compartment, then visual appearance and load capacity are improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The outer contour of the insert is designed to match the specific shape of the storage compartment's inner perimeter. This localized shape matching ensures a tight fit and high load capacity only where needed, while allowing simpler manufacturing for the rest of the components.
3Reliability
If positioning elements are added to secure the insert, then reliability and secure storage are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Positioning elements are pre-integrated into either the storage compartment or the insert structure. These positioning elements automatically engage when the insert is inserted, providing secure fixation without requiring additional assembly steps or complex locking mechanisms.
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AI summary
A storage compartment is proposed for a vehicle interior, with a circumferential storage compartment wall, which extends at least substantially vertically and delimits a storage space, and with an insert, reversibly insertable into the storage compartment, with an outer wall and an inner wall, wherein the inner wall is designed partially circular in sections and wherein the insert has pressure elements on the inner wall in order to hold/fix at least one beverage container. The storage compartment is characterized in that an outer contour of the outer wall is substantially identical to an inner perimeter of the storage compartment wall, and in that first positioning elements are disposed on an inner side of the storage compartment wall and second positioning elements, corresponding to the first positioning elements, are disposed on an outer side of the outer wall and by interacting with the first positioning elements fix the insert in a predetermined position within the storage compartment.