Adjustable Simulator Frame for Realistic Seating Posture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle simulators struggle to accommodate users of varying builds and do not provide a realistic sitting posture, while also lacking the robustness for intensive and prolonged use.
Innovation Solution
A frame design featuring elongate, upright frame parts with displaceable supports for the manual control unit and seat, allowing adjustable positions and orientations to fit different users, combined with a robust construction for durability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the frame uses fixed supports for manual control unit and seat, then the frame structure is simple and robust, but the simulator cannot accommodate users of varying builds
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the supports for the manual control unit and seat displaceable along the elongate frame parts. These supports can move longitudinally to adjust positions, transforming from a static fixed structure to a dynamic adjustable one. This allows the simulator to adapt to different user builds while maintaining a relatively simple overall frame structure composed of elongate upright parts.
2Ease of operation
If the manual control unit and seat are fixed in position, then the frame is structurally simple, but users cannot achieve optimal control position
Solution Approach 1:
The supports are designed to be displaceable along the elongate frame parts, allowing users to adjust the manual control unit and seat to optimal positions. This dynamic adjustment capability enables ease of operation while the displacement mechanism remains integrated into the frame structure rather than being a separate complex system.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is segmented into elongate upright parts that can independently accommodate displacement of supports. This segmentation allows the control unit and seat to be adjusted without affecting the overall frame stability, enabling optimal positioning while maintaining structural integrity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the support structures are made robust and fixed, then the frame provides strong support, but users of different builds cannot achieve realistic sitting posture
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by making the supports dynamic rather than fixed. The displaceable supports allow adjustment to achieve realistic sitting postures for different user builds, while the elongate frame parts maintain structural robustness. The key is that only the support positions are adjustable, not the overall frame structure.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the manual control unit and seat are displaceable, then the simulator adapts to different users, but the frame structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into elongate upright parts that serve as independent guides for support displacement. This segmentation allows the supports to move along predefined paths without requiring complex mechanisms, achieving user adaptability while keeping the overall construction relatively simple and modular.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a frame for a simulator, comprising a support for pedals, a support for a manual control unit and a support for a seat, and at least two elongate frame parts extending on either side of the supports and connected thereto, wherein the support for the manual control unit and the seat support are displaceable in longitudinal direction of the frame. The support for the manual control unit and the seat support can here be displaceable in opposite directions in order to form a space therebetween. The invention further relates to a simulator comprising such a frame, wherein a seat is mounted on the seat support, a manual control unit is mounted on the support for the manual control unit, and pedals are mounted on the pedal support.