Detachable Container With Modular Connectors For Space Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container transportation systems face inefficiencies due to non-detachable containers, which occupy large spaces when empty, leading to high transportation costs and low efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A detachable container design featuring a base, side panels, corner posts, and a roof panel with modular connectors allowing for easy disassembly, where side panels can be accommodated within the roof panel's cavity, reducing space occupation and facilitating convenient assembly and stacking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If containers use an integrated welded structure or non-detachable bolted structure, then structural strength and integrity are maintained, but transportation efficiency decreases and transportation cost increases due to large space occupation by empty containers
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into separable modules: base, side panels, corner posts, and roof panel that can be detached from each other. The side panels are detachably connected to the base, corner posts, and roof panel, allowing the container to be disassembled when empty and transported in a compact configuration, thereby improving transportation efficiency while maintaining structural integrity during use
Solution Approach 2:
The container transitions from a static integrated structure to a dynamic reconfigurable structure. The detachable connections allow the container to change its configuration between assembled (for cargo transport) and disassembled (for return transport) states, enabling adaptive response to different transportation scenarios and improving overall productivity
2Reliability
If containers are transported in an assembled state, then structural integrity is maintained, but space utilization decreases and transportation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The side panels are designed to be nested within the cavity formed by the roof panel when detached. The dimensions of the side panels are smaller than the roof panel dimensions, allowing them to be accommodated within the cavity in a detached state, significantly reducing the volume occupied during return transportation while maintaining structural integrity when assembled
3Productivity
If containers use detachable connections, then transportation efficiency improves through compact folding, but device complexity increases due to multiple connectors and assembly components
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable connection system uses standardized multi-functional connectors that can join different container components (base to side panels, side panels to corner posts, side panels to roof panel). These universal connectors simplify the overall system by using the same connection mechanism across multiple joints, making the complexity manageable while enabling efficient assembly and disassembly for improved transportation efficiency
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a detachable container comprising a base, side panels, corner posts and a roof panel, wherein the side panels are detachably connected to the base and to the roof panel, the corner posts are located between adjacent side panels and the side panels are detachably connected to the corner posts, respectively. A connection is employed for connecting the side panels with the base, the corner posts and the roof panel of the detachable container according to the present invention. Therefore, in the process of returning empty containers, each of the containers can be detached and form a whole piece, so as to reduce the space occupied. In addition, a modularized design may be employed for each component of the detachable container, so as to achieve universality of components of the container. Furthermore, this detachable container also has the advantages of convenient assembly, simple structure, etc.