Adjustable Receptacle Slide System for Instrument Panel Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container systems for automotive appearance parts, such as instrument panels, are often model-specific, making them expensive and time-consuming to produce, and do not facilitate easy loading, unloading, and transportation between industrial sites.
Innovation Solution
A container system featuring vertically distributed receptacles with a slide link system, made of flashspun non-woven fabric, that can be folded for compact storage and easily replaced with different-sized receptacles, allowing for flexible handling and protection of instrument panels during transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If model-specific containers are designed for each instrument panel model, then the panels are protected and handled appropriately, but the production cost and time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The container is designed with adjustable support members that can be repositioned along the longitudinal axis, allowing a single container design to accommodate multiple instrument panel models of different lengths. The support members can be adjusted to match various panel configurations, eliminating the need for model-specific container designs while maintaining proper panel protection and handling.
Solution Approach 2:
The container structure is divided into modular components, including adjustable support members that can be independently positioned. This segmentation allows the support system to be customized for different panel models without redesigning the entire container, reducing production costs while maintaining reliability.
2Reliability
If model-specific containers are created for each instrument panel design, then the panels are securely held and protected, but the time and cost to create new containers for new models increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single universal container design with adjustable support members can secure multiple instrument panel models. The support members can be repositioned along the longitudinal axis to match different panel lengths and configurations, eliminating the need to develop new containers for each model while maintaining secure panel holding.
Solution Approach 2:
The support members are designed to be dynamically adjustable rather than fixed, allowing them to be repositioned to accommodate different panel models. This dynamic adjustment capability reduces the time required to adapt the container to new models while ensuring secure panel placement.
3Device complexity
If fixed support members are used in the container, then the structure is simple, but the container cannot accommodate different instrument panel models
Solution Approach 1:
The support system is segmented into multiple adjustable support members that can be independently positioned along the longitudinal axis. This segmentation allows the structure to remain relatively simple while providing the versatility to accommodate different panel models by adjusting the position of individual support members.
Solution Approach 2:
The support members are designed with adjustable mechanisms that allow them to be repositioned along the longitudinal axis. This dynamic capability enables the container to adapt to different instrument panel models without significantly increasing structural complexity, as the adjustment mechanism is integrated into the existing support member design.
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AI summary
Container system for goods, the container system comprising a casing having a longitudinal horizontal axis (X-X) and two side walls, and a first set of receptacles (40-43, 401, 402, ...), each receptacle comprising a bag in cloth to carry smoothly one individual good placed in it and rigid parts to hold the individual good, the receptacles being distributed at least along the axis (X-X) with the rigid parts transversal to the axis (X-X), characterized in that the receptacles when loaded, hung vertically and are movable back and forth along the axis (X-X) by way of a slide link system (28) attached to the two side walls and rigid parts of at least some of the receptacles, and wherein the bags can be flatten, and arrange horizontally on a further slide link system (29) in a upper part of the container to let a lower part of the container free of receptacles of the first set of receptacles.