Vehicle Body Fixing Coupling With Integrated Electrical Contacts
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for fixing bodies, such as luggage containers, to motor vehicles, particularly tilting vehicles, are time-consuming and cumbersome due to the manual joining and detaching of electrical lines for supplying electrical loads.
Innovation Solution
A fixing device with integrated conductors that automatically form an electrical line when the first and second fixing devices are coupled, allowing for easy production and connection of the electrical line between the vehicle component and the body.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual joining and detaching of electrical lines is used to supply electrical loads to bodies fixed to motor vehicles, then electrical connectivity can be established, but the process becomes time-consuming and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the mechanical fixing function and the electrical connection function into a single integrated fixing device. The first fixing device attached to the body and the second fixing device attached to the vehicle component include integrated conductors that automatically connect electrically when the mechanical coupling is established, eliminating the separate manual electrical connection step
Solution Approach 2:
The conductors are pre-assembled as integral parts of the fixing devices. The first conductor is pre-connected to the body through the first fixing device, and the second conductor is pre-connected to the vehicle component through the second fixing device. When the fixing devices are coupled, the electrical connection is automatically established without requiring additional manual wiring actions
2Ease of operation
If electrical lines are manually connected between vehicle components and bodies, then electrical loads can be supplied, but the operation becomes cumbersome and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the mechanical coupling operation and electrical connection operation into a single unified action. The fixing devices are designed so that the mechanical attachment and electrical connection occur simultaneously through the same coupling motion, eliminating the need for separate manual wiring operations and reducing operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing devices are designed to automatically establish electrical connectivity through their own structural design. When the first and second fixing devices are mechanically coupled, the integrated conductors automatically align and connect electrically without requiring external manual intervention for wiring, making the system self-sufficient
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 solution simplifies the production and connection of electrical lines, reducing the time and effort required for fixing bodies to motor vehicles, while ensuring reliable electrical connectivity.
Implementation Method 1
the first conductor and the second conductor can be electrically conductively connected or are electrically conductively connected to one another in the coupled arrangement of the fixing means
Data Source
AI summary
A fixing device for detachably fixing a body to a vehicle, such as a tilting vehicle, includes: at least one first fixing device which can be fixed or is fixed to the body; at least one second fixing device which can be fixed or is fixed to a load-bearing vehicle component of the motor vehicle and which is detachably joined to the first fixing device in a coupled arrangement in order to fix the body to the vehicle component; and at least one electrical line which can be guided from the vehicle component to the body and can be fixed to the body in order to supply an electrical load. The fixing device is characterized in that the first fixing device has a first conductor of the electrical line and the second fixing device has a second conductor of the electrical line. The first conductor and the second conductor can be electrically conductively connected or are electrically conductively connected to one another in the coupled arrangement of the fixing devices.