Vehicle Windscreen with Angled Secondary Panel for Blind Spot Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle windscreens do not adequately address the front blind spot issue, limiting a driver's visibility of the area immediately in front of the vehicle, which can lead to safety hazards due to restricted viewing angles.
Innovation Solution
A secondary windscreen positioned beneath and angled relative to the primary windscreen, along with a frame structure to support both, enhances visibility by reducing the blind spot area and allowing drivers to view areas that would otherwise be obscured.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional single windscreen is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the driver's visibility of the area immediately in front of the vehicle is restricted, creating a front blind spot
Solution Approach 1:
The windscreen is divided into two separate screens: a first windscreen at the front section and a second windscreen positioned beneath it. This segmentation allows each screen to serve a specific viewing function, with the second screen specifically addressing the front blind spot area, thereby improving driver safety without requiring a complete structural overhaul
Solution Approach 2:
The second windscreen is positioned at a different vertical dimension (beneath the first windscreen) and angled relative to it, creating a multi-dimensional viewing structure. This dimensional change enables the driver to view areas immediately in front of the vehicle that were previously obscured, eliminating the front blind spot while maintaining structural feasibility
2Area of stationary object
If the windscreen area is expanded to provide a greater vantage viewpoint, then the driver's overall visibility of the road is improved, but the structure becomes more complex and difficult to manufacture
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of制造 a single large complex windscreen, the solution segments the windscreen into two separate, smaller screens that can be manufactured independently using standard manufacturing processes, then assembled together to achieve the expanded viewing area
Solution Approach 2:
The first and second windscreens are combined in a vertical arrangement with a frame structure positioned between them, creating a unified windscreen assembly that provides both a greater vantage viewpoint and eliminates blind spots while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular construction
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle windscreen assembly includes a first windscreen at a front section of a vehicle and a second windscreen positioned beneath and at an angled position with the first windscreen. The second windscreen substantially reduces a driver's blind spot area in front of the vehicle.