Integrated Air Tank Fixing Structure for Commercial Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing air tank fixing structures for commercial vehicles require multiple installations at various locations, increasing production costs and assembly complexity due to the need for firm fixation of each air tank, which complicates the process and raises costs.
Innovation Solution
An integrated air tank fixing structure using a first and second fixing member with U-shaped fastening bolts, allowing air tanks to be firmly fixed to a single location on the vehicle frame, ensuring stability and ease of maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If air tanks are distributed and installed at several places on the vehicle, then each air tank can be firmly fixed, but production cost and assembly process complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple air tanks (first air tank and second air tank) into a single integrated fixing structure. The first air tank fixing member simultaneously fixes both air tanks at one location on the vehicle frame, eliminating the need for separate fixing structures at multiple locations. This merging approach maintains firm fixation while reducing assembly complexity and production costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The first air tank fixing member is designed as a universal component that can fix multiple air tanks simultaneously. This multi-functional fixing member replaces the need for multiple dedicated fixing structures, allowing a single component to perform the fixation function for all air tanks at one location, thereby simplifying the overall assembly process.
2Reliability
If multiple fixing structures are provided for each air tank, then each air tank is firmly fixed, but production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple fixing structures into a single integrated first air tank fixing member that can secure multiple air tanks simultaneously. This reduces the total number of fixing components needed, lowering material costs and manufacturing complexity while maintaining firm fixation for each air tank through the unified structure.
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AI summary
An air tank fixing structure is disclosed for vehicles capable of integrally fixing air tanks which are used for supplying air upon activation of a brake system or air suspension of the vehicle. In a specifically preferred system, the air tank fixing structure includes a first air tank fixing member fixed onto a body frame at one side thereof, and formed with at least one first fixing element in which at least one air tank for the vehicle is fixed at the other side; a second air tank fixing member formed with at least one second fixing element and placed on the air tank.