Freight Trailer Flooring Hybrid Adhesive Bolt Fixation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing floorings for freight transport vehicles or trailers made of wood-based materials face durability issues due to inadequate fixation methods, leading to potential sound emission and structural instability during transportation of bulk freight.

Innovation Solution

A flooring system for freight transport vehicles or trailers that combines plywood plates fixed to a metal frame using a combination of adhesive and undetachable fasteners, such as bolts, to ensure secure and durable attachment, minimizing sound emission and enhancing structural integrity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If wood-based plate elements are fixed to the frame using adhesive only, then the flooring can be easily manufactured and installed, but the durability and structural stability deteriorate during transportation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of installationVSAvoiddurability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines two different fixation methods (adhesive bonding and mechanical fastening with undetachable fasteners) into a single hybrid system. The adhesive provides continuous bonding across the plate surface while the undetachable fasteners provide discrete mechanical anchoring points, creating a synergistic effect that achieves both ease of installation and high durability during transportation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The fixation system uses a composite approach by integrating two different bonding mechanisms (chemical adhesive bonding and mechanical fastening) into one unified system. This composite fixation method leverages the advantages of both approaches: the simplicity and coverage of adhesive application and the strength and reliability of mechanical fasteners.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Stability of the object's composition

If wood-based plate elements are fixed using conventional fasteners, then the structural stability improves, but sound emission increases during transportation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidsound emission
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The undetachable fasteners serve as an intermediary element between the wood-based plates and the metal frame, providing mechanical stabilization while minimizing direct rigid contact that would generate sound. These specialized fasteners are designed to reduce vibration transmission and noise emission compared to conventional fasteners, while still maintaining structural stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Strength

If plywood plates are secured with strong fastening methods, then the structural integrity enhances, but the complexity of the fixation system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural integrityVSAvoidfixation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The fixation system is segmented into two distinct functional components: adhesive bonding (providing continuous surface attachment) and undetachable fasteners (providing discrete mechanical anchoring). This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, achieving high structural integrity while keeping the overall system relatively simple and manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution provides a durable and secure flooring that reduces sound emission and enhances the structural integrity of the freight transport vehicle or trailer, ensuring stable transportation of bulk freight by using a combination of adhesive and undetachable fasteners for secure attachment of plywood plates to the metal frame.

Implementation Method 1

The one or more plates of the flooring are fastened to the frame with an adhesive

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAdhesive bonding: Adhesive

Data Source

PatentEP2994368B1A flooring for a freight transportation vehicle or trailer and a method for providing a flooring to a freight transportation vehicle or trailer
Publication Date: 2017.11.15 UPM PLYWOOD OY
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AI summary

The invention relates to a flooring for a freight transport vehicle or trailer, and a freight transport vehicle or trailer comprising a flooring. The invention also relates to a method for providing a flooring for a freight transport vehicle or trailer. An embodiment provides a flooring for a freight transport vehicle or trailer, wherein the freight transport vehicle or trailer comprises a frame, and the flooring comprises one or more plates of plywood. The flooring is fixed to the frame of the freight transport vehicle or trailer, and the one or more plates of the flooring are fastened to the frame with an adhesive and with an undetachable fastener.