Handheld Pulling Tool Selection for Vehicle Component Repair
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Solution Overview
Problem
The diversity of motor vehicle components poses a challenge in selecting the appropriate handheld pulling and compressing device for repair, leading to high susceptibility to error and increased downtime and costs due to incorrect tool selection.
Innovation Solution
A method using a handheld device with a display unit and wireless data transmission to a server unit for identifying and selecting the suitable tool for motor vehicle components, enabling quick and reliable tool selection by displaying information and allowing reservation options, and utilizing a battery-operated electric motor with a screw drive for transmitting forces to a coupling unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual selection of tools is used for diverse motor vehicle components, then the device can handle various components, but the selection process becomes complex and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service through automatic tool selection. The mobile handheld device automatically identifies the motor vehicle component and retrieves the appropriate tool information from the server unit, eliminating the need for manual selection by the workshop employee and reducing errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical selection process with an automated information technology system. The mobile handheld device with camera unit captures images of components, transmits them to the server unit, and automatically retrieves tool information, substituting human judgment with automated image recognition and data retrieval.
2Ease of operation
If manual tool selection is used, then the workshop employee can choose tools, but the process consumes more time and increases error risk
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-storing all necessary tool information and component data in the server unit's database. When a component is identified, the appropriate tool information is already available and can be immediately retrieved, eliminating the need for manual searching and selection during the repair process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through the mobile handheld device displaying tool information to the workshop employee. The device receives information from the server unit and provides immediate feedback on the appropriate tool to use, ensuring correct selection and reducing errors.
3Adaptability or versatility
If diverse components are serviced, then the system can handle various repair tasks, but the likelihood of incorrect tool selection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses copying by creating digital images of the motor vehicle component using the camera unit of the mobile handheld device. This optical copy is transmitted to the server unit for identification and matching with the appropriate tool, ensuring accurate selection based on visual characteristics rather than manual interpretation.
Solution Approach 2:
The server unit acts as an intermediary between the component identification and tool selection. It receives component images, identifies the component type, and retrieves the appropriate tool information from its database, serving as a mediator that ensures accurate matching between components and tools.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This method simplifies and streamlines the selection of the appropriate tool, reducing repair time and costs by ensuring accurate tool selection and setup, and allows for efficient machining and repair operations.
Implementation Method 1
drive unit with an electric motor-driven screw drive
Implementation Method 2
screw drive connected to the electric motor for transmitting pulling (tensile) forces and compressive forces
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a method for using a handheldable pulling and compressing device for the repair of motor vehicle components and a system for carrying out the method. In order to provide a method for the use of a handheld pulling and compressing device for the repair of motor vehicle components as well as a system for carrying out the method, which enables a quick and reliable selection of a suitable tool in a simple manner, it is provided that a motor vehicle component to be machined is identified by means of a mobile handheld device comprising a display unit and a transmitting and receiving unit for wireless data transmission of information to a server unit. A tool suitable for machining the identified motor vehicle component is selected by means of the mobile handheld device or the server unit, and information about the suitable tool is displayed on the display unit of the mobile handheld device. Thereupon, the suitable tool is arranged on a tool holder of the handheldable pulling and compressing device, and the motor vehicle component is machined by means of the handheldable pulling and compressing device.