Modular Fuel Container Support With Detachable End Members
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fuel storage systems are often custom-built and difficult to reconfigure or modify, making it challenging to change configurations or mix and match components, which limits their versatility in accommodating various fuel storage and transportation needs.
Innovation Solution
A modular fuel storage system with detachable end and side support members that can be easily assembled and disassembled, featuring interchangeable components and mechanisms for pressure release, allowing for flexible configuration and efficient fuel container support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If fuel storage systems are custom-built with fixed configurations, then structural stability and support reliability are improved, but adaptability and ease of reconfiguration deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The support assembly is divided into multiple detachable components including end support members, side support members, and cross support members. These segmented components can be individually assembled and disassembled to accommodate different fuel container configurations while maintaining structural reliability through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The support assembly transitions from a fixed, permanent structure to a dynamic, reconfigurable system using detachable connections. This allows the support structure to adapt its configuration based on different fuel container sizes and types while maintaining stability during each specific configuration through secure fastening mechanisms.
2Strength
If fuel storage systems use permanent and fixed support structures, then structural strength and stability are improved, but ease of assembly and disassembly deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The support assembly is segmented into detachable components that can be easily assembled and disassembled. Each component maintains structural strength through standardized connection points and secure fastening mechanisms, allowing the system to achieve both ease of assembly and structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The detachable support members are designed with universal connection interfaces that can accommodate multiple fuel container configurations. This universality allows the same support components to be reused across different assemblies, maintaining structural strength while enabling easy assembly and disassembly through standardized attachment mechanisms.
3Stability of the object's composition
If fuel storage systems are designed as single integrated units, then structural stability is improved, but modularity and ease of reconfiguration deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The support assembly is segmented into multiple independent components including end support members, side support members, and cross support members. These segmented components can be individually assembled to form stable configurations for different fuel containers, achieving both structural stability and modularity through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The support assembly components are designed to nest together in a hierarchical structure where end support members, side support members, and cross support members interconnect to form progressively more complex stable configurations. This nesting approach maintains structural stability while enabling modular reconfiguration.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for modular fuel storage and transportation are provided. In an embodiment, a fuel storage system includes one or more fuel containers each supported by a fuel container support assembly. The fuel storage system may be mounted to a transportation device such as a vehicle or used in a stand-alone fashion. Each support assembly may include a plurality of detachable end support members such as end support members configured to support the end portions of the fuel container and side support members configured to support the body portion of the fuel container. Some of the end support members may include neck grooves such that when the end support members are coupled, the neck grooves form an enclosure around the neck portion of the fuel container. In an embodiment, the support assembly is configured to facilitate release of excess pressure in the fuel container.