Decoupleable Lifting Platform Receptacle for Garage Efficiency
Solution Overview
Problem
Lifting platforms in vehicle garages are often unavailable for extended periods due to limited availability and delays in repair, as they are tied up with one vehicle until its repair is completed, leading to backlogs in servicing other vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for decoupling receptacles from a lifting platform and transferring them to a carrying device, allowing the platform to be reused quickly by positioning the lifting platform and carrying device to transfer receptacles without affecting the object, enabling rapid reconfiguration and use of the platform for other vehicles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the lifting platform remains coupled to the vehicle for the entire repair process, then the vehicle can be securely supported and worked on, but the lifting platform becomes unavailable for other vehicles, creating repair backlogs
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the lifting platform into separable components: the platform structure and the receptacles. The receptacles can be decoupled from the platform while remaining attached to the vehicle, allowing the platform to be freed for other uses while maintaining vehicle support through the receptacle-vehicle connection
Solution Approach 2:
The receptacles are extracted from the lifting platform structure and can be independently transferred to the vehicle. This separation allows the platform to be released from the vehicle without detaching the support elements, enabling platform reuse while maintaining vehicle support functionality
2Device complexity
If the receptacles are permanently attached to the lifting platform, then the platform structure is simplified, but the platform cannot be quickly reconfigured for different vehicles or uses
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling between the lifting platform and receptacles is made dynamic rather than static. The decoupling device allows the receptacles to be easily attached and detached from the platform, enabling quick reconfiguration for different vehicles while maintaining a simple platform structure without permanent attachments
3Adaptability or versatility
If the lifting platform is used for repairs requiring engine or transmission work, then comprehensive vehicle service is possible, but the vehicle cannot be moved or rolled off the platform during the repair
Solution Approach 1:
The receptacles are extracted from the platform and transferred to the vehicle. This allows the vehicle with its supporting receptacles to be moved independently from the platform, enabling vehicle mobility during repairs while maintaining the necessary support structure for engine or transmission work
Data Source
AI summary
The lifting platform (10) has at least two lateral pillars (12, 14, 33). Each pillar has height-changeable, pivotable arms (13, 34, 44) that are displaceable telescopically in length. An end of each arm has a decoupling device with a receptacle (31, 41) for supporting an object. A carrying device (11, 50) has receiving points corresponding to the number of the receptacles (31, 41). The lifting platform and the carrying device are positioned with respect to each other without impairing an object resting on the at least one receptacle. The at least one receptacle (31, 41) is placed onto the at least one receiving point, and the carrying device (11, 50) together with the transferred at least one receptacle (31, 41) and an object thereon is removed from a region of the lifting platform (10).