Cargo Positioning Sensor Mount With Floating Impact Buffer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing cargo transportation devices require manual positioning of cargo, leading to low efficiency in pickup and unloading operations.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus for identification and positioning is integrated with a cargo transportation device, featuring a mounting member and a detection member to automatically identify and position cargo, including a floating mechanism to buffer impact forces and protect the detection member, and multiple detection members for enhanced accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual positioning is used for cargo, then the structure remains simple, but the efficiency of pickup and unloading is low

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of pickup and unloadingVSAvoidstructure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The detection member automatically identifies and positions the cargo without requiring manual positioning operations. The system performs self-positioning by detecting cargo features and calculating position information, eliminating the need for manual intervention and thereby improving efficiency while maintaining reasonable structural complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical positioning with an automated detection and calculation system. The detection member captures cargo images, and the system calculates position information through image processing and coordinate transformation, substituting manual mechanical operations with automated optical and computational methods

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If detection member is added for automated identification, then the efficiency improves, but the detection member may be damaged by impact force

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of pickup and unloadingVSAvoidprotection of detection member

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting member is designed with shock-absorbing capabilities to cushion impact forces before they reach the detection member. This beforehand cushioning protects the detection member from damage during cargo pickup and unloading operations, ensuring reliability while maintaining automated identification functionality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting member serves as an intermediary between the cargo transportation device and the detection member. It provides mechanical support and shock absorption, mediating the connection to protect the detection member from direct impact forces while enabling automated detection functionality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If multiple detection members are used for enhanced accuracy, then the positioning accuracy improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of cargo positioningVSAvoidnumber of detection members

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The detection system is segmented into multiple detection members, each responsible for detecting specific features of the cargo. This segmentation allows for enhanced positioning accuracy by capturing multiple reference points, while the modular structure manages complexity through functional division

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12545565B2Apparatus for identification and positioning and cargo transportation apparatus

Publication Date: 2026.02.10 EFFITO PTE LTD

AI summary

An apparatus for identification and positioning and a cargo transportation apparatus are provided in the disclosure. The apparatus for identification and positioning includes a mounting member and a first detection member. The mounting member is configured to be connected to a handling member of a cargo transportation device. The first detection member is configured to identify and position a cargo or the cargo transportation device. According to the apparatus for identification and positioning and the cargo transportation apparatus provided in the disclosure, the cargo or the cargo transportation device can be automatically positioned with the first detection member.