Modular Platform System with Universal Connection Features
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing platform systems are often designed for specific locations and applications, making them inflexible and non-reconfigurable, which limits their adaptability to changing situations or different applications.
Innovation Solution
A modular platform system comprising a platform structure with modular platform units that can be connected via platform connection features to other components such as stair units, tower units, handrail units, and ladder units, allowing for various configurations and adaptations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If platform systems are specially designed and constructed for a particular location and application, then the platform provides acceptable performance for that specific situation, but the platform lacks adaptability and reconfigurability as situations change
Solution Approach 1:
The platform system is divided into multiple modular components including platform units, stair units, tower units, handrail units, and ladder units. Each component can be independently selected and assembled to create customized platform configurations for different locations and applications, thereby maintaining reliable performance while enabling adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular components are designed with universal connection features that allow them to be used in multiple configurations and applications. The same basic components can serve different functions depending on how they are assembled, providing both consistent performance and versatility across various situations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If modular platform systems use multiple components that can be selected and assembled according to needs, then a wide variety of configurations can be provided, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the platform system into standardized modular components with uniform connection interfaces, the patent reduces the complexity of managing variety. Instead of designing entirely different systems for different applications, the same segmented components can be reconfigured, simplifying inventory and assembly while maintaining high configurability.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular components are designed with adjustable parameters such as variable heights, lengths, and connection positions that allow a single component type to serve multiple configuration needs. This reduces the total number of different components required while still achieving diverse platform configurations.
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AI summary
A platform system comprising a platform structure having at least one modular platform unit with platform connection features on a side surface thereof to which other components can be connected, the other components including at least two of the following: another modular platform unit, a stair unit, a tower unit, a handrail unit, and a ladder unit. A stair assembly is connected to the platform structure via said connection features, the stair assembly comprising a plurality of stair units connected together to provide a number of steps equal to the sum of steps of the stair units.