Modular Utility Truck Subbase for Lightweight Rigid Compartments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional utility truck bodies are bulky, heavy, and inefficient due to their single-piece construction, leading to increased shipping costs and reduced efficiency, and they lack structural rigidity, which can cause damage during use.
Innovation Solution
A modular subbase system for utility trucks featuring a longitudinal supporting structure with arcuate edges and removable modular compartments, providing structural support and rigidity without additional reinforcing beams, allowing for modular deployment and shipping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If traditional single-piece construction is used for utility truck bodies, then structural integrity is maintained, but weight and shipping costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The utility truck body is divided into separate modular components including storage compartments and a subbase that can be assembled together. This segmentation reduces the weight of individual components and allows for efficient shipping, while the assembled structure maintains structural integrity through designed connection mechanisms between modules.
2Productivity
If traditional single-piece construction is used, then structural rigidity is provided, but shipping efficiency and cost decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The body structure is segmented into transportable modules that can be shipped separately and assembled on-site. The modular design enables efficient shipping while the connection design ensures structural rigidity is maintained in the assembled configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple modular components are merged together during assembly to form the complete utility truck body. The merging process creates a rigid assembled structure that provides the necessary structural stability while having been transported as separate efficient modules.
3Productivity
If traditional utility bodies are assembled in place via welding, then structural strength is achieved, but delivery efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The modular components are pre-assembled and prepared at the manufacturing location before shipping. This preliminary action allows for quality control and strength verification to be performed beforehand, enabling faster on-site assembly and improving overall delivery efficiency while maintaining structural strength.
Data Source
AI summary
A modular subbase may comprise an upper surface, a longitudinal supporting structure coupled to the upper surface, one or more outrigger boxes coupled to the longitudinal supporting structure and the upper surface. The longitudinal supporting structure may comprise a wide sheet of metal comprising two upwardly-facing arms and a medial section adapted to be lightweight and to provide structural support to the upper surface. The longitudinal supporting structure and upper surface may comprise struts configured to prevent buckling of the medial section and the upper surface The modular subbase may be configured to couple to one or more modular bodies. The modular bodies may couple directly to the upper surface. A boom-arm pedestal for operating a boom-arm may be integrated into the upper surface and may be structurally supported by the modular subbase.