Modular Vehicle Lifting Receiving Device with Interchangeable Form-Fitting Bodies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle lifting devices face challenges in achieving precise and form-fitting contact with vehicles due to varying vehicle models and designs, leading to inefficient and incompatible lifting processes, especially with new battery-operated electric vehicles that have limited and specific contact areas.
Innovation Solution
A receiving device with a horizontally oriented receiving section and a connecting section that can be releasably fixed to lifting equipment, featuring form-fitting bodies that can be exchanged to accommodate individual vehicle models, providing precise and modular contact points that adapt to different vehicle geometries, and include features like annular elevation structures for stabilization and secure locking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If fixed locking and clearance standards are used in lifting devices, then device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but manufacturing precision and measurement precision deteriorate due to varying vehicle body designs
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving device is divided into a modular structure with a receiving section and interchangeable form-fitting bodies. Each form-fitting body can be separately manufactured and precisely adapted to specific vehicle models, allowing standardization of the base device while maintaining precision through customized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving device incorporates adjustable and interchangeable form-fitting bodies that can be dynamically selected and positioned based on the specific vehicle model. This dynamic adaptability allows the device to maintain high positioning precision across different vehicle designs without requiring a completely new device for each model.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fixed receiving geometries are used in lifting devices, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates due to varying vehicle models and designs
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving device is designed as a universal platform that can accommodate multiple vehicle models through interchangeable form-fitting bodies. The standardized receiving section serves multiple functions, while the interchangeable bodies provide model-specific adaptability, eliminating the need for entirely different receiving devices for each vehicle type.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs dynamically interchangeable form-fitting bodies that can be selected and attached based on the specific vehicle model being serviced. This dynamic configuration allows a single receiving device to adapt to various vehicle geometries without requiring complex built-in adjustment mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If standardized support structures are used, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision deteriorates due to limited contact areas in electric vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The form-fitting bodies are specifically designed with local geometries that match the contact areas of different vehicle models, including electric vehicles with limited contact surfaces. Each form-fitting body provides locally optimized contact points that ensure precise positioning and stable support tailored to the specific vehicle architecture.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a simple receiving device 200 that can be integrated into a lifting device 600 designed for raising and lowering vehicles, in particular a lifting platform and/or a jack, with which, by receiving additional form-locking elements 400 compatible with the body of the vehicle F to be lifted, an extremely precise and form-locking contact between the lifting device 600 and the vehicle F can be generated.