Caring Machine Main Unit With Universal Module Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing assistive mobility tools for individuals with disabilities are limited in functionality and often require frequent replacement, leading to financial burden and inconvenience, while current caring modules do not adequately meet daily life activity and rehabilitation training needs.
Innovation Solution
A modular caring machine with a main unit module that can integrate various caring modules, allowing for adjustable positioning and attachment of different functionalities, including shifting, rehabilitation exercises, and suspension movements, through a combination of chassis units, upright poles, connecting plates, and coupling devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate assistive mobility tools are provided for different rehabilitation stages, then the specific functional needs are met, but the financial burden and inconvenience increase due to frequent replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The base unit is designed with universal coupling structures that can accommodate multiple different caring modules, allowing a single device to perform multiple functions across different rehabilitation stages. The coupling structure includes coupling holes and coupling members that enable various modules to be attached and detached, providing versatility without requiring multiple separate devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into a reusable base unit and interchangeable caring modules. Each module is designed as an independent segment that can be separately attached or detached based on specific functional needs, allowing the system to be configured differently for various rehabilitation stages without replacing the entire device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If current caring modules are used for specific tasks, then task-specific functionality is achieved, but they fail to meet diverse daily life activity and rehabilitation training needs
Solution Approach 1:
The base unit with its universal coupling structure serves as a reliable platform that can consistently support various caring modules. The standardized coupling mechanism ensures reliable attachment and detachment of different modules, allowing the system to maintain functional reliability while adapting to diverse needs through module interchangeability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If assistive mobility tools are frequently replaced as physical functions improve, then the appropriate level of assistance is maintained, but environmental resource wastage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The design allows the base unit to be retained and reused while only the caring modules are replaced or adjusted as rehabilitation progresses. This recovering approach minimizes waste by keeping the main structural components in use and only replacing the functional modules that need to change with rehabilitation stages.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal base unit can serve multiple rehabilitation stages by accommodating different caring modules, eliminating the need to discard the entire device when transitioning between rehabilitation phases. This extends the useful life of the base unit and reduces overall resource consumption.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a caring machine and an overhanging machine. A main unit module which included in the caring machine comprises a shifting module, a supporting frame module, and a coupling module. The shifting module, situated below the supporting frame module, allows for movement controlled by the opening and closing of wheel casters. The supporting frame module accommodates diverse caring modules, offering a range of care functions. The coupling module, positioned on the shifting module and the supporting frame module, comprises a plurality of coupling devices and a plurality of coupling interfaces. The caring machine integrating the main unit module is capable of addressing daily life activities and basic rehabilitation training for disabilities and elders. The overhanging machine, which using the caring machine, comprises support columns, overhanging arms, a receiving frame and a sling machine. This invention provides versatility and allows users to achieve plural functionalities within one machine.