Adjustable Air-Powered Starter Motor Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Air-powered starter motors face increased complexity and cost due to varying engine configurations, requiring multiple parts and complex mounting arrangements to accommodate different angular positions, which complicates the connection of gas supply and outlet lines.
Innovation Solution
An air-powered starter motor with a motor housing that can be selectively attached to a mounting structure at multiple angular orientations, featuring a rotary actuator assembly with a mounting pin that aligns and interconnects with the mounting structure, allowing for adjustable attachment to various positions, thus simplifying mounting and reducing the need for additional parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the starter motor housing is designed with fixed mounting configurations, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the adaptability to different engine orientations is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure incorporates adjustable mounting plates that can be rotated to different angular positions and secured at those positions. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the same housing to adapt to multiple engine orientations without requiring multiple fixed housing designs, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is designed with universal mounting plates that can serve multiple functions by being adjusted to different orientations. These mounting plates can accommodate various engine configurations and accessory positions, making a single housing design suitable for multiple applications, thereby improving adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple additional parts are added to adapt to various mounting orientations, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plates are designed as universal components that can be adjusted to multiple orientations and used with the same housing for different applications. This eliminates the need for multiple specialized mounting components for different orientations, reducing the total number of parts while maintaining high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using static, orientation-specific mounting parts, the design employs dynamic mounting plates that can be adjusted and secured at different angles. This dynamic approach allows a single part design to replace multiple orientation-specific parts, reducing overall device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the starter motor is designed for a specific mounting position, then the manufacturing and assembly process is simple, but the ease of operation for different engine configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plates are designed with adjustable features that allow assembly to be performed at different orientations. The plates can be rotated to the required angle and then secured, providing a simple adjustment mechanism that maintains ease of manufacture while enabling flexible installation positions.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration allows for adaptable mounting to different engine orientations, reducing complexity and cost by enabling multiple operational configurations with a single starter motor design, while maintaining efficient gas flow and orientation alignment.
Implementation Method 1
an air operated rotary motor that is driven by pressurized gas from a fluid source that is in fluid communication with the starter motor. The pressurized gas, such as, for example, compressed air, may flow through at least a portion of the starter motor to facilitate rotary motion of the rotary motor.
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AI summary
An adjustable air-powered starter motor that provides a plurality of different operational configurations. The air-powered starter motor includes a motor housing assembly that houses at least a portion of a rotary actuator assembly, and which may be connected to a cover assembly. The motor housing may be selectively attached to a mounting structure along first or second sides of the motor housing. Additionally, the motor housing may be attached to the mounting structure at a plurality of different angular orientations. The motor housing further includes an air inlet having first and second air inlet ports that are positioned on opposite sides of the motor housing, and an air outlet port that is positioned along a lateral axis that is generally parallel to, and offset from, a lateral axis of the inlet port. A mounting pin may align and interconnect the motor housing and rotary actuator assembly at each operational configuration.