Mobile Host Vehicle Loading Guide Features and Locking Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electric vehicles have limited travel range, necessitating efficient systems for loading, locking, and charging within mobile host transporters that accommodate vehicles with varying wheel bases, widths, and positions.
Innovation Solution
A mobile host system with a vehicle compartment and receiving platform featuring guide features, electronic communication for autonomous vehicle guidance, and a locking mechanism with rotatable cams and electrical contacts to securely position and charge vehicles, accommodating diverse vehicle configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If electric vehicles are transported in mobile hosts to extend travel range, then the travel range is improved, but the complexity of loading, locking and charging operations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables autonomous vehicles to perform self-loading, self-locking, and self-charging operations through electronic communication and guidance systems. The vehicles navigate themselves onto the receiving platform using guide features and electronic signals, eliminating the need for complex manual loading operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving platform is designed with multi-functional capabilities to accommodate vehicles of different sizes and configurations. The same platform performs loading, locking, and charging functions, and can handle various vehicle types through adjustable guide features and universal locking mechanisms with rotatable cams.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the mobile host accommodates vehicles with varying wheel bases, widths and positions, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide features and locking mechanisms are designed to be dynamically adjustable rather than fixed. The guide features can accommodate different vehicle positions, and the locking mechanism with rotatable cams can adapt to various vehicle configurations, allowing the system to handle diverse vehicle types without requiring multiple specialized systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking mechanism is divided into multiple independent rotatable cams, each capable of independently adjusting to accommodate different vehicle configurations. This segmentation allows each cam to be optimized for specific locking positions while collectively providing universal adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
One variation may include a system including a mobile host having a vehicle compartment defined therein and a receiving platform in the vehicle compartment having a plurality of guide features for guiding vehicles into the vehicle compartment of the mobile host, and a loading station including a loading platform having a plurality of vehicle guide features for guiding vehicles over the loading platform and onto the receiving platform. One variation may include a method comprising loading a vehicle into a mobile host having a vehicle compartment defined therein, wherein the mobile host includes a receiving platform having a plurality of raised guide features, and wherein the loading comprises guiding the vehicle onto the receiving platform using the plurality of raised guide features.