Modular User-Assemblable Vehicle With Interchangeable Cabin
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicles are manufactured in an integral type, limiting consumers' ability to design or modify them according to personal preferences or changing needs without incurring high costs, as they must purchase new vehicles for different uses.
Innovation Solution
A user-assemblable vehicle is designed with modular components, including a platform, front, and rear modules, and a cabin module, allowing purchasers to select and assemble individual components to create a customized vehicle, with interchangeable modules enabling changes in vehicle use without purchasing a new vehicle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicles are manufactured in an integral type, then manufacturing simplicity and structural stability are improved, but consumer customization ability and vehicle adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle is divided into multiple detachable modules including a platform module, front module, rear module, and cabin module. Each module can be independently selected and assembled, enabling consumers to customize vehicle configurations for different uses while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized module interfaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If vehicles are manufactured in an integral type, then structural stability and reliability are improved, but consumer selection flexibility and cost-effectiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The platform module serves multiple functions by supporting different cabin modules and configurations. The standardized interface design ensures that the same platform can reliably accommodate various front, rear, and cabin modules, providing consumers with flexible selection while maintaining structural reliability through proven platform architecture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If modular components are used, then vehicle adaptability and customization ability are improved, but manufacturing complexity and assembly difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple front modules, rear modules, and cabin modules are pre-manufactured and stored in advance. This allows consumers to select and assemble their desired vehicle configuration without requiring complex on-site manufacturing processes, simplifying the assembly process while maintaining high vehicle adaptability.
4Ease of operation
If modular components are used, then consumer customization ability is improved, but device complexity and number of components increase
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle is designed to enable consumers to independently assemble and disassemble modules without requiring specialized tools or professional assembly services. The standardized interfaces and pre-manufactured modules allow users to easily configure and reconfigure their vehicles according to different needs, improving ease of operation while managing component complexity through user-friendly design.
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AI summary
A user-assemblable vehicle including: a platform module (100) forming a bottom surface of the vehicle, and including a floor part (120) provided with a power driving part and front and rear wheel parts (140,160) provided on front and rear parts of the floor part (120), respectively; a front module (200) coupled to a front part of the platform module (100) to form a front part of the vehicle; a rear module (300) coupled to a rear part of the platform module (100) to form a rear part of the vehicle; and a cabin module (400) having a space for accommodating passengers, being coupled to a rear end of the front module (200) at a front end and coupled to a front end of the rear module (300) at a rear end, and supported by the floor part (120) of the platform module (100) at a lower end when the cabin module (400) slides from a side to an opposite side of the vehicle.