Modular Installation Carrier for Commercial Vehicle Air Compressor Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The assembly and quality control of compressed air brake systems and other components in commercial vehicles are complicated due to their varied and non-fixed locations, leading to inefficiencies in assembly, maintenance, and accessibility.
Innovation Solution
A modular installation support system that allows for direct or indirect mounting on a motor vehicle's frame structure, enabling the concentrated positioning and pre-assembly of components, with features like hole patterns, recesses, and fastening structures, and optional reinforcement with a frame-shaped support structure, facilitating organized cable and fluid routing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If components are mounted in different positions without a fixed assembly location, then flexibility in component placement is improved, but assembly complexity and quality control difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The installation support is divided into a modular structure with a base plate and separate frame-shaped support structures. This segmentation allows the system to adapt to different component placements while maintaining a standardized mounting interface, thereby reducing assembly complexity despite placement flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The installation support is designed as a universal mounting structure that can accommodate various compressed air units and components at different positions. The standardized hole patterns and fastening structures enable the same support system to serve multiple mounting configurations, simplifying quality control while maintaining adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If components are distributed in different positions, then system adaptability is improved, but accessibility for maintenance and quality control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The installation support merges multiple mounting functions into a single integrated structure. By consolidating the mounting of various compressed air units and components onto one standardized platform with organized cable routing, the system maintains adaptability while significantly improving accessibility for maintenance and quality control activities.
3Reliability
If multiple separate holders and components are used, then component functionality is maintained, but overall system weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
The installation support combines multiple separate holders and mounting structures into a single integrated component. This merging reduces the total number of parts and overall weight while maintaining all necessary mounting functions and component reliability through the standardized fastening structures and hole patterns.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an installation carrier (1) for a motor vehicle, preferably a truck or a bus. The installation carrier (1) is designed for mounting several motor vehicle components and/or motor vehicle assemblies. The installation carrier (1) includes a fastening device for mounting it on the motor vehicle and is designed, alternatively or additionally, for mounting on a frame support structure of the motor vehicle in order to act as a load-bearing part of the frame support structure.