Height-Adjustable Chassis Assembly for Agricultural Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Agricultural vehicles face challenges in navigating between crop rows due to fixed wheel widths and ground clearance limitations, which restrict their ability to handle both tall and short crops without additional complexity or equipment modifications, and pose transportation issues due to height restrictions.
Innovation Solution
A height-adjustable chassis assembly with a suspension component and locking mechanism that allows the vehicle to be raised or lowered relative to the ground, enabling it to adapt to varying crop heights and accommodate different transport requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
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If high clearance modifications are made to an existing vehicle, then ground clearance is improved, but device complexity and equipment modifications increase
Solution Approach 1:
The height-adjustable chassis system serves multiple functions: it provides high ground clearance for tall crop processing, enables compliance with transportation height restrictions, and can be applied to various vehicle types without requiring complete redesign. The universal applicability of the support assembly reduces overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The chassis height adjustment system is divided into separate functional components: ground engaging elements, support assemblies with adjustable mechanisms, and the vehicle body. This segmentation allows independent adjustment of chassis height without modifying the entire vehicle structure, reducing modification complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the vehicle to efficiently process crops of varying heights without the need for extensive equipment modifications, while also allowing for safe and efficient transportation by adjusting its height to comply with highway regulations.
Implementation Method 1
a suspension component operably interposed between the first attachment component and the second attachment component and configured to regulate motion transfer between the first attachment component and the second attachment component
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly for supporting a vehicle chassis on a ground engaging element of the vehicle includes a first attachment component for attaching the assembly to the ground engaging element, a second attachment component for attaching the assembly to the chassis and an adjustment component for shifting the first attachment component between a plurality of operating positions relative to the second attachment component. A suspension component is operably interposed between the first attachment component and the second attachment component is configured to regulate motion transfer between the first attachment component and the second attachment component. The suspension component functions independently of the operating position. A locking mechanism mechanically locks the assembly into any of the plurality of operating positions.