Vehicle Storage Compartment Locking Guide for Adjustable Capacity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing adjustable vehicle shelves with elastic elements face issues such as damage to fragile objects due to restoring forces, inefficient storage of rectangular items, and loss of elasticity over time, leading to suboptimal space utilization and reliability.
Innovation Solution
A shelf design featuring a wall element divided into sections with a locking mechanism, allowing for defined opening and closing, and mechanical connections between sections to vary the shelf's capacity without relying solely on elastic deformation, ensuring secure and efficient storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If elastic elements are used to adjust storage compartment capacity, then the storage compartment can adapt to different storage needs, but fragile objects are exposed to restoring forces that can damage them
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful restoring force function is extracted and separated from the capacity adjustment function. The elastic element is removed from the storage compartment interior, and its adjustment function is replaced by a guide device with locking elements that provide mechanical guidance without exerting damaging forces on stored objects.
Solution Approach 2:
A guide device with locking elements is introduced as an intermediary mechanism between the wall element and the storage compartment. This intermediary provides the necessary mechanical guidance and position control without the harmful restoring forces characteristic of elastic elements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If elastic elements are used for adjustment, then the storage compartment can vary its interior space, but the storage of rectangular objects becomes inefficient due to rounded contours
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic element that causes rounded contours is extracted from the system. The adjustment function is replaced by a guide device with locking elements that enable linear, rectangular movements of the wall element, eliminating the contour rounding issue while maintaining adaptability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If elastic elements remain in a tensioned position for extended periods, then the storage compartment maintains its adjusted capacity, but the elastic elements become brittle and lose functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic element is completely extracted from the system and replaced by a guide device with locking elements. This eliminates the durability issue of elastic elements while maintaining the ability to hold adjusted positions through the locking mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The position-holding function of the elastic element is copied and implemented through a different mechanism - a guide device with locking elements that can maintain adjusted positions without the time-dependent degradation characteristics of elastic materials.
4Volume of moving object
If the storage compartment is designed with maximum capacity, then more space is available for storage, but the installation space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage compartment is designed with a dynamic wall element that can be adjusted between different positions using a guide device and locking elements. This allows the storage capacity to be varied according to needs while maintaining a compact installation footprint, as the wall element can be repositioned rather than requiring permanent maximum-space allocation.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a storage compartment for a vehicle and to the use of a storage compartment according to the invention as an interior trim part for a vehicle. A storage compartment (1) comprises a wall element (10) and a retaining element (20), wherein the wall element (10) comprises a first section (11) and a second section (12), and the first section (11) is at least partially mounted in a first guide device (24) of the retaining element (20). According to the invention, the first section (11) can be locked in a defined manner within the guide device (24) by means of at least one locking element (26), and a movement of the first section (11) and/or the second section (12) ensures a defined opening or closing of the storage compartment (1) due to the locking of the locking element (26).