Adjustable Mounting Plate Unit for Carrier Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting plate units for carrier vehicles lack adaptability and cost-effectiveness, particularly when attaching to vehicles with varying attachment point configurations, leading to inefficient production and maintenance logistics.
Innovation Solution
A mounting plate unit with a central upper attachment structure and lateral lower attachment structures that offer two degrees of freedom for adjustment, allowing the upper eye to pivot and change length, and the lower eyes to be angled and positioned eccentrically, enabling flexible attachment to diverse vehicle specifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If mounting plate units are designed with fixed attachment structures, then manufacturing is simplified and cost-effective, but adaptability to various vehicle configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the mounting plate unit adjustable rather than fixed. The upper eye can be positioned at different locations on the upper bracket, and the lower eyes can be laterally adjusted on the lower brackets, allowing the same mounting plate unit to adapt to various vehicle attachment point configurations while maintaining cost-effective mass production of a standardized component
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate unit is designed as a universal component that can be attached to different carrier vehicles with varying attachment point configurations. Through the adjustable upper eye position and laterally adjustable lower eyes, a single mounting plate unit design serves multiple vehicle types, eliminating the need for vehicle-specific custom mounting plates
2Adaptability or versatility
If mounting plate units are customized for each vehicle configuration, then adaptability is improved, but production complexity and logistics costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than producing multiple static mounting plate variants for different vehicles, the patent creates one dynamic mounting plate design that can be configured for various vehicles through adjustment mechanisms. The upper eye position adjustment and lateral eye adjustment allow a single design to serve multiple vehicle configurations, simplifying production and logistics
3Adaptability or versatility
If attachment structures have multiple adjustment degrees of freedom, then versatility is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements two degrees of freedom for the upper eye (positioning on the upper bracket) and lateral adjustment for the lower eyes on the lower brackets. These adjustment mechanisms are integrated into the bracket structures themselves, providing versatility without requiring separate complex adjustment devices for each degree of freedom
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AI summary
Mounting plate unit for attaching a tool to the front or rear of a carrier vehicle, comprising a mounting plate (1), two lateral lower lashing structures (2), each with a lower eye (4), and a central upper lashing structure (3) comprising an upper eye (5). The upper lashing structure (3) includes an upper bracket (6) rigidly connected to the mounting plate (1), relative to which the upper eye (5) is adjustable in a plane perpendicular to the mounting plate (1) with two degrees of freedom. Furthermore, the lower lashing structures (2) each include a lower bracket (19) that can be fixed in different lateral positions relative to the mounting plate (1).