Modular Vehicle Storage System with Integrated Containers

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional storage systems for two-wheeled vehicles, such as bicycles and motorcycles, require significant space and maintenance due to independent and electrically supplied storage boxes, and often do not allow for the secure storage of vehicles and their accessories together.

Innovation Solution

A modular storage system with a closed housing and separate containers that can be conveyed within the system, featuring a transportation system for horizontal and vertical movement, secure access control, and integrated charging and electrical supply options, allowing for flexible and efficient storage of vehicles and accessories.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple independent storage boxes are arranged adjacent to one another to store multiple vehicles, then each vehicle can be stored separately with access control, but the space requirement and installation/maintenance outlay increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess control securityVSAvoidspace requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple storage boxes are merged into a single integrated storage room with shared walls and common structural support. The storage room contains multiple containers that share the same access control system and electrical infrastructure, eliminating the need for separate independent boxes for each vehicle.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The storage room serves as a universal container that can accommodate multiple different vehicles and their accessories simultaneously. The system provides multi-functionality by storing vehicles, helmets, protective clothing, and other equipment in a single unified structure rather than requiring separate dedicated boxes for each item type.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If each storage box is supplied with dedicated electricity and access system, then each box operates independently with full functionality, but the installation and maintenance costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveindependent operation capabilityVSAvoidinstallation and maintenance outlay

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The electrical systems and access control mechanisms are merged into shared infrastructure within the storage room. Multiple containers share common electrical supply lines, control units, and access systems, reducing the overall complexity and cost while maintaining individual container functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The storage system is segmented into multiple independent containers within a unified structure. Each container can be individually accessed and controlled through the shared system, allowing independent operation capability while benefiting from centralized infrastructure that reduces complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Quantity of substance

If bicycles are arranged on common bars with suspension devices, then multiple bicycles can be stored together, but the supply process becomes cumbersome and users can access all bicycles

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of bicycles storedVSAvoidaccess security

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The storage system segments bicycles into individual containers rather than grouping them on common bars. Each container is separately accessible through controlled entry points, preventing users from accessing all bicycles at once and improving security while maintaining high storage capacity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

4Adaptability or versatility

If storage boxes are designed to accommodate vehicles with accessories, then comprehensive storage is achieved, but the space and structural requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage capability for vehicles and accessoriesVSAvoidstorage box volume

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

Accessories such as helmets, protective clothing, and equipment are nested within the same containers as vehicles or in adjacent compartments of the storage room. This nesting arrangement allows comprehensive storage of vehicles and accessories together without requiring separate dedicated spaces for each item type.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The storage system merges vehicle storage with accessory storage in a unified container design. Containers are dimensioned and configured to accommodate both vehicles and their associated accessories together, optimizing space utilization while providing comprehensive storage capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS9890549B2Storage system

Publication Date: 2018.02.13 KAIROS INDS

AI summary

Storage system for vehicles, in particular two-wheeled vehicles, bicycles or motorcycles, having a substantially closed housing with a storage region which is not accessible from the outside and with at least one closable loading and unloading station (2) of the vehicles, a transportation system (3, 4, 5) for conveying the vehicles from the at least one loading and unloading station (2) into the storage region and within the storage region, wherein the vehicles can be stored and conveyed in mutually separate containers (9).