Cargo Body Wall Layout With Crossed Logistics Tracks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cargo container wall constructions lack an efficient and flexible logistics track system that allows for easy access and secure mounting of fittings, limiting the versatility and efficiency of cargo transport.
Innovation Solution
A cargo body wall design featuring a network of overlapping vertical and horizontal logistics tracks, with nested and surface-mount tracks, including inward expansions with openings for logistics fitting accommodation, allowing for secure and flexible mounting of fittings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional wall construction is used, then the structure is simple, but it lacks efficient logistics track system for mounting fittings
Solution Approach 1:
The wall construction is segmented by integrating separate logistics track components into the wall structure. The tracks are divided into modular sections that can be independently installed and configured, allowing the wall to provide both structural support and logistics functionality without requiring complete redesign of the entire wall system.
Solution Approach 2:
The wall construction is designed to serve multiple functions: structural support, logistics track mounting, and fitting accommodation. The integrated track system allows the same wall structure to provide both load-bearing capacity and versatile mounting capabilities for various logistics fittings, eliminating the need for separate dedicated track structures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If logistics tracks are added to enhance versatility, then adaptability improves, but access to fittings becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The logistics track system incorporates localized access points and opening configurations at specific positions along the tracks. These local features provide direct access to fitting accommodation areas without requiring dismantling of the entire track system, allowing operators to easily reach and adjust fittings at specific locations while maintaining the overall integrated structure.
3Shape
If nested logistics tracks are set into the wall, then surface cleanliness is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The logistics tracks are designed with pre-formed profiles and attachment features that facilitate straightforward installation into the wall structure. The tracks come pre-configured with mounting holes, sealing elements, and alignment features, allowing workers to install them directly during wall assembly without requiring complex post-installation work to achieve a flush surface.
Data Source
AI summary
A cargo body wall including one or more panels having interior and exterior sides. A plurality of primary logistics tracks are elongated in a first direction and have first and second portions spaced along the first direction with a hat-shaped profile in cross-section. The first and second portions include logistics fitting openings. The primary logistics tracks are secured to the one or more wall panels at the interior side such that the first and second portions project inward of an interior plane of the wall panel(s). A secondary logistics track is elongated in a second direction and has logistics fitting openings. The secondary logistics track is secured such that the first and second directions intersect and the secondary logistics track crosses each of the plurality of primary logistics tracks at a position between the first and second portions thereof.