Modular Tilt-Rotate Coupler With Standardized Attachment Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing motorized vehicles with attachments requiring tilt or rotation functionality face difficulties in quickly and efficiently switching between different attachments due to complex and time-consuming detachment and attachment processes.
Innovation Solution
A modular tilt rotate system for motorized vehicles, featuring a pivot assembly and tilt coupler assembly with standardized mounting hole arrangements, allowing for quick and flexible attachment and detachment of various tools by aligning bolt holes, and powered by hydraulic or electrical means for rotational and side-to-side movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If attachments are designed with specialized mounting mechanisms for tilt or rotation functionality, then the attachment performance and functionality are improved, but the time and complexity required to detach and replace attachments increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pivot assembly is designed with a universal mounting plate featuring a standardized pattern of holes that can accommodate different attachment types. The tilt coupler assembly uses the same mounting hole pattern, creating a universal interface that allows various attachments to be quickly exchanged without specialized mounting mechanisms for each attachment type.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system is divided into modular components: the pivot assembly with mounting plate, the tilt coupler assembly with its own mounting formations, and the attachments themselves. Each component has standardized mounting interfaces that allow them to be independently assembled and disassembled, facilitating quick attachment replacement while maintaining tilt and rotation functionalities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If attachments require complex tilt or rotation mechanisms, then the operational versatility is improved, but the difficulty and time of removing and replacing attachments increases
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized mounting hole patterns create a universal interface system where the same pivot assembly and tilt coupler can work with multiple different attachment types. This universality maintains operational versatility while dramatically simplifying the attachment exchange process, as operators only need to remove and replace the attachment without dealing with complex mechanism reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system separates the dynamic tilt and rotation functionalities (contained in the pivot and tilt coupler assemblies) from the static attachment components. This allows the dynamic mechanisms to remain in place while only the static attachments are exchanged, making the exchange process simpler and faster while preserving full operational versatility.
3Ease of operation
If standardized mounting hole arrangements are used across pivot assembly, tilt coupler, and attachments, then the ease of attachment exchange is improved, but the device complexity increases due to modular components
Solution Approach 1:
While the system is divided into multiple modular components (pivot assembly, tilt coupler assembly, attachments), each component is relatively simple in design. The complexity is distributed across simple, standardized parts rather than concentrated in a single complex mechanism. The standardized mounting hole patterns serve as simple connectors between these modular components, reducing the overall operational complexity despite the modular structure.
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AI summary
A modular tilt rotate system includes a mounting formation hole arrangement permitting attachments used with earth and material working equipment to be easily attached to the tilt rotate system. The system has a tilt coupler assembly providing side-to-side movement of the attachment at the end of a boom arm, and a pivot assembly providing 360 degree rotation of the attachment at the end of the boom arm. A hydraulic cylinder actuates the tilt coupler assembly, and a hydraulically actuated rotator gear assembly provides rotation. Providing a common mounting formation hole arrangement connecting the attachment to the modular tilt rotate system provides modularity with various forms of attachments used with the system.