Collapsible Motor Vehicle Support Structure for Compact Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing support structures for motor vehicle bumper skins are excessively bulky during empty returns from assembly sites to production sites, as their size is optimized for transporting multiple bumper skins rather than for compact storage or transport in a disassembled state.
Innovation Solution
A support structure featuring an upper frame with removable fixing means, parallel uprights, and stabilizing feet that can be separated for disassembly, allowing for interlocking connections between frames and rods to facilitate efficient assembly and disassembly, reducing bulk and optimizing size during transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the support structure is designed to transport multiple bumper skins simultaneously, then the transportation capacity is improved, but the space requirement during empty return becomes excessively large
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into separable components: an upper frame assembly and a lower frame assembly that can be detached from each other. Each assembly can be transported independently or stacked together, allowing flexible configuration that reduces space requirements during empty return trips while maintaining capacity for transporting multiple bumper skins when needed
2Stability of the object's composition
If the support structure uses fixed connections between frame components, then the structural stability is improved, but the ease of assembly and disassembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the upper and lower frame assemblies is made dynamic rather than fixed. The assemblies can be connected during loading operations to provide structural stability for transporting multiple bumper skins, and separated during empty returns or reconfiguration to facilitate easy assembly and disassembly. This dynamic configurability resolves the contradiction between stability and ease of operation
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AI summary
The support structure (10) comprises: - an upper frame (14), including means (16) for supporting each bodywork part (12), - at least two parallel uprights (30), each extending between a lower end (30A) and an upper end (30B), said upper end (30B) being provided with first removable means (32) for fixing to the upper frame (14), and, - for each upright (30), a stabilizing foot (34) for this upright (30), having a first end (34A) provided with second removable means (36) for fixing to the upright (30), and a second support end (34B), the lower end (30A) of each upright (30) and the second support end (34B) of each foot (34) being arranged in the same plane.