Wedge-Shaped Vehicle Display Device with Gripping Base
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display devices on vehicle dashboards lack a secure and versatile solution for displaying indicia and incorporating additional features like illumination and storage, particularly in the space between a windshield and a dashboard or rear windshield and rear deck, while preventing slippage and allowing for easy installation and removal.
Innovation Solution
A wedge-shaped display device with a gripping lower surface, interchangeable retaining members, and integrated features such as illumination sources and storage compartments, designed to fit securely between a windshield and dashboard or rear deck, featuring a front surface for displaying indicia and a rear surface with a handle and attachment options for various accessories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If decals are placed outside the vehicle on the window frame or corner, then the driver's view is prevented from being illegally obstructed, but the display of indicia is limited and does not provide additional functional features
Solution Approach 1:
The display device combines multiple functions into a single unit: it displays indicia on the front surface, provides illumination through integrated LED lights, offers storage capacity with a hollow cavity, and enables secure mounting via interchangeable retaining members. This multi-functional design resolves the contradiction by providing display versatility without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges previously separate functions (display, illumination, storage, mounting) into a single integrated wedge-shaped device. The indicia display surface, LED illumination system, hollow storage cavity, and interchangeable retaining members are all combined in one unit, allowing the device to replace multiple separate components while providing enhanced versatility.
2Reliability
If a wedge shape body is used to fit between windshield and dashboard, then the display device prevents slippage and secures firmly, but the installation and removal process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The interchangeable retaining members provide a dynamic mounting system where the securing mechanism can be easily engaged and disengaged. The retaining members are designed to be interchangeable, allowing users to select different types based on mounting surface requirements, and can be quickly attached or removed without complex tools or procedures, thus maintaining ease of operation while ensuring reliable mounting.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is segmented into separate interchangeable retaining members rather than being integrated permanently into the wedge body. This segmentation allows the retaining members to be independently selected, attached, and removed, simplifying the installation and removal process while maintaining secure mounting through the wedge shape and retaining member combination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If interchangeable retaining members are added to secure various attachments, then the device becomes more versatile and adaptable, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interchangeable retaining members are designed with universal applicability, where a single type of retaining member can accommodate multiple different attachments and mounting scenarios. This universal design approach increases attachment versatility without proportionally increasing the number of different retaining member types required, thus limiting the increase in device complexity.
4Illumination intensity
If illumination sources such as LED's are integrated, then the indicia visibility is enhanced prominently, but the energy consumption and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs LED illumination sources, which are designed as low-cost, energy-efficient components with long operational lifetimes. LEDs consume minimal energy compared to traditional lighting and are designed to be replaced if needed, providing prominent indicia visibility while minimizing energy consumption and device complexity through the use of these efficient, standardized components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The wedge-shaped design prevents slippage, securely holds various attachments, and enhances visibility with illumination, providing a versatile and functional display solution for vehicle dashboards.
Implementation Method 1
The lower surface of the wedge shape body is a gripping surface that prevents slippage of the display device
Implementation Method 2
an illumination source, such as LED's or other suitable light source to prominently display the indicia
Data Source
AI summary
A display device having a wedge shape body for displaying indicia on a dashboard of a vehicle between a windshield and a dashboard. The wedge shape body having a front surface, a lower surface, a rear surface and a pair of sides. The front surface includes indicia displayed thereon. The lower surface of the wedge shape body is a gripping surface that prevents slippage of the display device. Various items can be secured to the rear surface of the display device, such as a mobile device holder, a deodorant and the like.