Bicycle Rack Rotating Frame Simplified Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bicycle racks have complex structures, high fabrication costs, and short service lives due to excessive components and laborious assembly processes, making them costly and prone to damage.
Innovation Solution
A simplified bicycle rack design featuring a fixing rod, positioning seat, hanging frame, and connection assemblies with rotating components and resilient sheets, allowing for easy operation and enhanced strength by facilitating the hanging and storage of bicycles with reduced component complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional bicycle rack uses a holder and vertical rod sliding mechanism, then the bicycle can be hung, but the structure becomes complicated and fabrication cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the complex holder and vertical rod sliding mechanism from the conventional design. Instead, it uses a simplified structure where the bicycle rack directly rotates between hanging and storage positions around a fixed rod, eliminating unnecessary components while maintaining the core function of bicycle hanging and storage.
Solution Approach 2:
Rather than using a sliding mechanism that moves linearly, the patent inverts the approach by using a rotational mechanism. The rack rotates around a fixed rod to transition between positions, fundamentally changing the motion type from linear sliding to circular rotation, which simplifies the overall structure.
2Reliability
If a conventional bicycle rack uses sliding and positioning mechanisms, then the bicycle can be secured, but excessive components lead to high fabrication cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates excessive positioning components and sliding mechanisms that drive up fabrication costs. The design uses a minimal set of elements: a fixed rod, a rotating rack body, and simple connection points, significantly reducing manufacturing complexity and cost while maintaining securing capability through the rotational locking mechanism.
3Reliability
If a conventional bicycle rack uses complex connection mechanisms, then the bicycle can be hung securely, but assembly becomes time-consuming and laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single integrated structure. The rack body incorporates both the hanging mechanism and the positioning features in one unified component that rotates around the fixed rod. This merging eliminates the need for separate assembly steps for holders, rods, and positioning devices, making installation quick and simple.
4Ease of manufacture
If a conventional bicycle rack uses simple structure, then fabrication cost is low, but the service life is short and it breaks easily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a fixed rod with a specific cross-sectional shape (such as an I-beam or hollow circular section) that provides high structural strength and resistance to bending and torsion. This optimized structural design, combined with appropriate material selection, ensures the rack can withstand bicycle weights and dynamic loads while maintaining cost-effectiveness through efficient material usage.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design reduces production costs, enhances the rack's strength and service life, and simplifies assembly and operation, while providing stable support for bicycles of various sizes.
Implementation Method 1
The two connection assemblies are rotatably connected among two opposite sides of the positioning seat and two opposite sides of the hanging frame
Implementation Method 2
An end of the hanging frame is rotatably connected with the fixing rod and is forced by an external force to swing between a hanging position and a storage position reciprocate
Implementation Method 3
the abutting portion abuts against the lower joining post
Data Source
AI summary
A bicycle rack contains a fixing rod, a positioning seat, a hanging frame, and two connection assemblies. The fixing rod is fixed on a wall. The positioning seat includes two locating sets, and a respective one positioning set has a hanging protrusion and an accommodation protrusion. An end of the hanging frame is rotatably connected with the fixing rod and is forced by an external force to swing between a hanging position and a storage position reciprocate. The two connection assemblies are rotatably connected between the positioning seat and the hanging frame. A respective one connection assembly includes an upper joining post and a lower joining post, and the upper joining post has a locating orifice. The lower joining post is rotatably connected with the hanging frame, the upper joining post is rotatably connected with the lower joining post, and the lower joining post has an abutting portion.