Mobile Storage Sled With Vibration Damping for Equipment Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage structures lack mobility and effective vibration stabilization during movement, especially in mobile shelters, vehicles, and facilities, leading to equipment damage and instability.
Innovation Solution
A moveable storage structure system comprising a sled with wheels and vibration dampening means, secured by floor braces and vertical restraints, allowing for controlled mobility and minimizing vibrations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If storage structures are made stationary and secured, then equipment stability is improved, but mobility is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The storage structure incorporates a sled with wheels that can be positioned in different states: engaged with floor braces for stability during operation, and disengaged for mobility when relocation is needed. This dynamic configuration allows the system to transition between stationary and mobile states as required.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the mobility parameter by using floor braces that can be engaged or disengaged from the sled wheels. When engaged, the braces constrain the wheels to provide stability; when disengaged, the wheels enable free movement. This parameter change resolves the contradiction between stability and mobility.
2Ease of operation
If storage structures are made mobile with wheels, then mobility is improved, but vibration and instability increase
Solution Approach 1:
Vibration dampening means are incorporated into the sled structure to cushion and reduce vibrations before they can affect the stored equipment. This beforehand cushioning protects equipment from damage during mobile operations while maintaining the mobility benefits of the wheeled sled.
Solution Approach 2:
The vibration dampening means act as an intermediary element between the moving sled and the stored equipment. This intermediary absorbs and reduces vibrations generated during mobility, preventing them from being transmitted to the equipment and thus resolving the contradiction between mobility and vibration stability.
3Reliability
If vibration dampening means are added to the sled, then vibration stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vibration dampening means are merged with the sled structure itself, integrating the vibration protection function into the existing mobile platform. This combination approach provides vibration stability while minimizing the addition of separate, complex components.
Solution Approach 2:
The sled structure serves multiple functions: it provides the mobile platform for the storage structure, supports the vibration dampening means, and interfaces with the floor braces. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while still achieving vibration stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the mobilization of storage structures while stabilizing equipment by reducing vibrations, ensuring safe and secure transportation in various environments.
Implementation Method 1
vibration dampening means to stabilize and minimize vibrations of equipment supported within the storage structure
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AI summary
A moveable storage structure system, a device for supporting and allowing mobility of a storage structure, and, in some embodiments, moveable storage structure systems and devices that stabilize and minimize vibrations of equipment supported within a storage structure. The moveable storage structure system includes a sled, one or more wheels, and a storage structure. The device includes a sled, and one or more wheels or sets of wheels. This system and device may further include vibration dampening components that minimize vibration of equipment supported within the storage structure during mobilization of the system and the structure. The present invention contemplates that the moveable storage structure system may be utilized in a variety of settings, such as an office, a storage facility or space, or a mobile shelter or vehicle.