Flying Theater Motion Base with Pivot Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flying theater attractions are limited to larger venues due to space and mechanical complexity, making it difficult to implement them in smaller spaces while maintaining a similar motion experience.
Innovation Solution
A flying theater motion base with a support structure, pivot structure, and adjustable rows of seats that can pivot and move between load/unload and show positions, simulating heave and pitch motions using pivot and pitch drives, and featuring a canopy design for efficient loading and unloading.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate translation mechanism and elevated loading platform are used, then the motion experience is more accurate, but the space requirement and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the translation mechanism and elevated loading platform functions into the pivot structure itself. The pivot structure performs both the translation motion (moving seats from load/unload to show position) and the pivot motion (rotating seats to viewing angle), eliminating the need for separate mechanical systems while maintaining accurate motion experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The pivot structure is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously provides translation capability and pivot capability. This universal structure handles multiple functions (supporting seats, translating them to show position, and rotating them to viewing angle) that would traditionally require separate dedicated mechanisms, thereby reducing overall device complexity.
2Reliability
If a separate translation mechanism and elevated loading platform are used, then the motion experience is more accurate, but the space requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the translation mechanism and elevated loading platform functions into the pivot structure itself. The pivot structure performs both the translation motion (moving seats from load/unload to show position) and the pivot motion (rotating seats to viewing angle), eliminating the need for separate mechanical systems while maintaining accurate motion experience.
3Ease of operation
If the canopy is passively actuated by cam surfaces, then the loading and unloading process is simplified, but the control precision may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The canopy is designed to self-open during the loading and unloading process through passive actuation by cam surfaces. The cam surfaces automatically guide the canopy movement without requiring active control systems, motors, or sensors, thereby simplifying the operation while providing sufficient control precision for the intended function.
Data Source
AI summary
A flying theater motion base is implemented using one or more rows of seats pivotably connected to an end of a pivot structure about respective pitch axes, which is in turn pivotably supported over an underlying surface by a support structure about a pivot axis. One or more pivot drives are operable to pivot the pivot structure about the pivot axis to both move the rows of seats between a load/unload position adjacent the underlying surface and a show position elevated in front of a viewing area, and, while in the show position, simulate a heave motion by further pivoting the pivot structure about the pivot axis. One or more pitch drives adjust the pitch of the rows or seats about the pitch axes. The rows include canopies pivotably connected thereabove.