Motorcycle Luggage Tilting Hook Mechanism for Secure Lid Opening

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing tilting and support kits for luggage on motorcycles have inaccessible release sliding blocks and lack the ability to securely lock the hooking position, making it difficult to fully open the luggage lids and ensuring safe support when tilted.

Innovation Solution

A tilting and support kit with a tilting device featuring a hook-shaped element and a torsion spring mechanism that allows easy switching between hooking and unhooking positions, ensuring secure engagement and disengagement, even when the luggage is tilted.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a camera is held at arm's length for handheld operation, then the camera can be easily operated, but the effective focal length is reduced and field of view is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandheld operation easeVSAvoideffective focal length
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLength of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

A portable support device acts as an intermediary between the user and the camera. The device includes a support body with a receiving structure that holds the camera, and a tilting structure that allows angular adjustment. This intermediary structure enables the camera to be positioned at an extended distance from the user's eye while maintaining stable aiming and composition, effectively solving the contradiction between handheld operation ease and effective focal length.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Stability of the object's composition

If a camera is mounted on a tripod for stable shooting, then stability is improved, but portability and ease of movement are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveshooting stabilityVSAvoidportability
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The support device transitions from a static tripod structure to a dynamic, portable design. The support body can be collapsed or disassembled for easy transport, yet when deployed, it provides stable camera mounting through the tilting structure and receiving structure. This dynamic design allows the system to adapt between portable and stable states, resolving the contradiction between portability and shooting stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If the camera is tilted at an angle for creative shooting, then shooting angles are improved, but maintaining stable aim and composition becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveshooting angle versatilityVSAvoidaim stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The tilting structure allows the camera to be dynamically adjusted to various angles while maintaining stability. The structure includes a support body and a tiltable camera mounting portion that can be positioned at different angles and locked in place. This dynamic adjustment capability enables creative shooting angles while preserving aim stability through the structured support mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

4Length of moving object

If a telephoto lens is used to extend focal length, then field of view is improved, but the camera becomes more prone to shaking and harder to hold steady

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefocal lengthVSAvoidcamera stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Length of moving objectVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The portable support device serves as a stable intermediary platform that compensates for the instability introduced by telephoto lenses. By providing a rigid support body and structured mounting system, the device creates a stable base that reduces camera shake and improves composition stability when using long focal length lenses, resolving the contradiction between focal length extension and camera stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4587320B1Tilting and support kit for at least one luggage
Publication Date: 2026.05.06 GIVI SPA
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AI summary

Tilting and support kit (10) for at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) of a motorcycle comprising a support frame (20) adapted to be associated with a frame (200) of said motorcycle, wherein said support frame (20) comprises at least two tubular elements (21-24), a first tubular element (21) and a second tubular element (22), support means (40, 50) mounted with said support frame (20) and adapted to be separably engaged with said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102), at least one tilting device (30) comprising a support base (31) mounted with said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) and at least a hook-shaped element (32) comprising at least one spacer arm (321) comprising a first end (323) hinged with said support base (31) and a second end which comprises a hook portion (322) adapted to hook said first tubular element (21), said at least a hook-shaped element (32) being adapted to rotate hinged from an unhooking position to a hooking position, wherein the tilting device (30) comprises a lever (35) with a cam-shaped portion (353) to block the unhooking and hooking position of said at least a hook-shaped element (32).