Cargo Body Wall Logistics Tracks for Flexible Fitting Access
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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 a traditional flat wall construction is used, then the manufacturing is simple, but the logistics track system is inefficient and lacks flexibility for mounting fittings
Solution Approach 1:
The wall construction is segmented into multiple functional layers including nested logistics tracks set into the wall and surface-mount tracks, allowing independent optimization of each component. The logistics tracks are divided into primary and secondary tracks running in different directions, creating a modular system that can be configured flexibly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements nested logistics tracks where one track system is set into the wall structure while another track system is mounted on the surface, creating a nested configuration. This allows multiple logistics functions to be integrated within the same wall space, improving versatility without proportionally increasing external complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If logistics tracks are added to the wall, then the adaptability for cargo handling is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The logistics tracks are pre-configured into the wall construction during the manufacturing process, with nested tracks set into the wall panels before final assembly. This preliminary integration allows the tracks to be manufactured as part of the wall structure rather than added as separate complex components, maintaining ease of manufacture while achieving high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The wall construction with integrated logistics tracks serves multiple functions: structural support, cargo handling guidance, and fitting mounting. The same wall structure provides both load-bearing capacity and logistics functionality, eliminating the need for separate dedicated logistics components and simplifying manufacturing.
3Ease of operation
If inward expansions with openings are created in the logistics tracks, then the access to logistics fitting accommodation area is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The inward expansions with openings are created only at specific locations where logistics fittings need to be mounted, rather than throughout the entire track structure. This localized modification provides easy access where needed while maintaining the simplicity and precision of the main track geometry, reducing overall manufacturing precision requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
A cargo body wall including an interior side defining an interior plane for facing a cargo receiving volume, and an exterior side. A primary logistics track is elongated in a first direction and situated in the cargo body wall, and a secondary logistics track is elongated in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The primary logistics track includes first and second inward expansions projecting inward of the interior plane, each of the first and second inward expansions having at least one opening therein providing access to a logistics fitting accommodation area within the cargo body wall. The secondary logistics track is arranged to cross the primary logistics track at a position between the first and second inward expansions.