Gear Motor Locking Mechanism for Compact Leaning Vehicle Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing anti-roll locking systems for hybrid vehicles, like three-wheeled vehicles, require costly components to ensure stability and irreversibility, leading to a large size and high production costs.
Innovation Solution
A locking system utilizing a gear motor connected to a locking device with a pair of transmission wheels coupled to the input shaft, increasing friction and allowing the use of cheaper materials like plastic, reducing the overall size and cost while maintaining stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a gear motor with an endless screw coupled to a wheel with helical teeth is used to ensure stability and irreversibility, then the locking system achieves reliability, but the cost increases and the overall size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transmission system is segmented into multiple wheels with helical teeth instead of a single wheel, distributing the friction requirement across multiple contact points and reducing the complexity and cost of each individual component
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the friction coefficient parameter by using multiple wheels with helical teeth, achieving the required irreversibility and stability through increased cumulative friction rather than relying on expensive special materials
2Reliability
If a gear motor with an endless screw coupled to a wheel with helical teeth is used to ensure irreversibility, then the locking system maintains stability, but the overall size of the locking system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The single large wheel is segmented into multiple smaller wheels with helical teeth, achieving the same friction effect while reducing the overall volume occupied by the transmission components
Solution Approach 2:
The invention arranges multiple wheels in a dimensional configuration that maximizes friction contact while minimizing the footprint of the locking system
3Reliability
If a wheel with helical teeth made of special materials like bakelized fabric is used, then the friction coefficient between the wheel and endless screw is high enough to ensure irreversibility, but the cost of the gear wheel increases
Solution Approach 1:
The friction requirement is segmented across multiple wheels instead of concentrating it in a single expensive wheel, allowing the use of cheaper materials for each individual wheel while achieving the same cumulative friction effect
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using one expensive wheel with special materials, the invention uses multiple copies of simpler wheels, achieving the same functional effect through quantity rather than material quality
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 system achieves stability and safety by increasing friction between the transmission wheels and input shaft, enabling the use of smaller, cheaper components, thus reducing the overall size and cost of the locking system while ensuring the vehicle's stability and preventing falls.
Implementation Method 1
increasing friction between the transmission wheels and input shaft
Data Source
AI summary
A locking system for a vehicle having a locking device and a gear motor operatively connected to the locking device and configured to cause the locking device to take a stable locking state and a release state, where the gear motor includes a drive motor having an input shaft, a first transmission wheel coupled to a first portion of the input shaft and a second transmission wheel coupled to a second portion of the input shaft.