Vehicle Load Body Assembly Kit With Integrated Beam Supports
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing assembling kits for load bodies of vehicles are complex, require expert assembly, involve numerous components leading to errors and increased assembly time, and necessitate operations like bending, cutting, and welding, making them bulky and difficult to transport.
Innovation Solution
An assembling kit comprising standardized components such as longitudinal beams, cross beams, support elements, and brackets that can be connected without further processing, reducing the number and variety of parts, and allowing assembly by non-experts using screws and/or rivets/nails.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional assembling kits with numerous components are used, then the load body can be assembled with adequate support structures, but the assembly process becomes complex and requires expert assemblers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into a single support element that integrates both the longitudinal support function and the transverse support function. This eliminates the need for separate auxiliary bars and their complex form-locking connections, reducing the total number of components while maintaining adequate deck support.
Solution Approach 2:
The support element is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously provides longitudinal support, transverse support through integrated flaps, and connection to both longitudinal beams and cross beams. This universal design reduces the need for multiple specialized components.
2Reliability
If traditional assembling kits with many components are used, then the load body structure can be completed, but the assembly time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the longitudinal and transverse support functions into a single support element, the patent reduces the number of assembly operations required. Assemblers no longer need to separately install auxiliary bars and perform complex bending operations, thereby significantly reducing assembly time while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support element is pre-designed with integrated flaps and connection features that eliminate the need for on-site bending, cutting, or welding operations. All necessary structural features are prepared in advance during manufacturing, allowing for quick and easy assembly.
3Reliability
If traditional assembling kits are used, then the load body can be assembled, but operations like bending, cutting, and welding are required
Solution Approach 1:
All necessary structural features, including connection flaps, support surfaces, and mounting features, are pre-formed during the manufacturing of the support element. This eliminates the need for on-site bending, cutting, or welding operations, making the assembly process suitable for non-expert assemblers while maintaining reliable component connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical connection methods (form-locking through bending) with simpler mechanical fastening methods (screws and/or rivets/nails). This substitution eliminates the need for specialized tools and operations like bending and welding, while maintaining secure component connections.
4Reliability
If traditional assembling kits are used, then the load body can be assembled, but the kit becomes bulky and difficult to transport
Solution Approach 1:
By combining multiple separate components (longitudinal support elements, transverse support elements, and auxiliary bars) into a single integrated support element, the patent significantly reduces the total volume required for packaging and transportation while maintaining the necessary load body assembly capabilities.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an assembling kit (100; 110) for assembling a load body (200; 210) to the chassis of a vehicle, comprising two or more longitudinal beams (1a, 1b; 10a, 10b) fixed to the chassis of the vehicle, two or more cross beams (7; 71), fixed to said two or more longitudinal beams (1a, 1b; 10a, 10b) by means of support elements (9; 91) so as to define a ladder frame, two head profiles (11a, 11b; 111a, 111b) and two lateral profiles (15a, 15b; 115a, 115b) connected by means of corner blocks so as to define a perimeter frame, and a deck (19) arranged at least on said ladder frame. According to the invention, said support elements (9; 91) are shaped so as to be able to fix said cross beams (7; 71) to said longitudinal beams (1a, 1b; 10a, 10b) without having to carry out, during assembly of the load body, further processing on such components and to guarantee not only the assembly of said components, but also proper support for the deck (19) and the material that, during use, will be loaded on said deck for transport on road.