Adjustable Air Tank Mounting Bracket for Compact Component Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing air tank systems face challenges in compactly mounting components like air compressors and manifold valves due to space constraints, particularly in vehicles.
Innovation Solution
The air tank system incorporates mounting brackets with adjustable external rods, allowing for the attachment of components of varying sizes through sliding members and interface plates, ensuring a universal mounting mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If components are placed next to the air tank, then the air tank system can be assembled, but it takes extra space when placing the air tank system in a compact area
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket merges the air compressor and manifold valve into a single integrated assembly that attaches to the air tank as one unit. This consolidation reduces the overall space required compared to placing components separately next to the tank, while maintaining ease of installation through the unified bracket design.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket is designed with universal adaptability to accommodate different sizes and configurations of air compressors and manifold valves. The adjustable members and multiple hole patterns allow the same bracket to mount various component combinations, providing mounting flexibility without requiring multiple specialized brackets.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed mounting bracket is used, then the structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate different sizes of air compressors and manifold valves
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket incorporates dynamic adjustability through sliding members that can move along the bracket members, allowing the distance between bolt holes to be changed. This dynamic feature enables the bracket to adapt to different component sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure that does not require multiple separate brackets.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket allows change in the parameter of bolt hole spacing through the sliding mechanism. By adjusting the position of sliding members, the effective mounting distance can be varied to match different component requirements, providing versatility without fundamentally changing the bracket's basic structure.
3Ease of operation
If multiple separate mounting brackets are used for different components, then each component can be mounted precisely, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The design merges multiple mounting functions into a single integrated bracket assembly that can accommodate both the air compressor and manifold valve simultaneously. This eliminates the need for separate mounting brackets for each component, reducing the total number of parts and simplifying the installation process while maintaining precise mounting capability for each component.
Data Source
AI summary
An air tank system where the system's components may be mounted to the outer surface of the air tank is disclosed. The air tank may have a plurality of external rods orientated longitudinally along the outer surface of its body and connected to the end caps of the air tank for attaching mounting brackets to the external rods. The mounting brackets are configured for components, such as an air compressor or a manifold valve, to be mounted on them. The mounting bracket may have a first and second member, each slidable across the external rods independent from each other, configured to adjust to the different sizes of the components that are desired to be mounted on the air tank.