Driverless Transport Vehicle With Modular Electronics for Faster Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing driverless transport vehicles face challenges in efficiently maintaining and replacing electrical and electronic components due to limited space, requiring complex and time-consuming processes that increase downtime.
Innovation Solution
A modular design with interchangeable modules in the vehicle's chassis, separating components into front, middle, and rear sections, allowing quick replacement and maintenance in a dust-free environment, with integrated electronic control units and simplified electrical connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If electrical and electronic components are integrated directly into the transport vehicle chassis, then the vehicle structure is compact and space-efficient, but component replacement and maintenance become time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the vehicle into modular sections (front vehicle section, middle vehicle section, rear vehicle section) separated by partition walls. Electrical and electronic components are concentrated in the middle vehicle section, which can be independently accessed and maintained without disassembling the entire vehicle, thus reducing maintenance downtime while maintaining compact overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts electrical and electronic components from the integrated chassis structure and places them in a dedicated middle vehicle section. This separation allows the middle section to be removed or accessed independently for maintenance, enabling quick component replacement without affecting the rest of the vehicle structure.
2Loss of time
If components are easily accessible for maintenance, then replacement time is reduced, but vehicle structure complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle is segmented into three functional sections separated by partition walls, with the middle section housing all electrical and electronic components. This segmentation provides easy access to components through the rear opening while adding minimal structural complexity compared to a fully integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The middle vehicle section serves multiple functions: it houses electrical components, provides access for maintenance through the rear opening, and can be independently removed or serviced. This multi-functionality reduces overall vehicle complexity by combining several purposes into a single modular section.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a driverless, in particular automatically guided transport vehicle (1) for conveying payloads, in particular a material transport vehicle in a plant, having a payload lifting device (2). For improved maintenance capability in particular for electrical and electronic components and systems, it is proposed that a removable interchangeable module (2), in which a plurality of electrical and/or electronic components are combined, is arranged in the chassis (8).