Motorcycle Body Panel Support Frame for Maintenance Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing motorcycle maintenance and service processes often result in damage to body panels due to lack of proper support, particularly for custom-painted motorcycles.
Innovation Solution
A frame comprising strategically oriented interconnected tubes that resemble a motorcycle's structural frame, with mounts and roller units to support and protect body panels during maintenance, preventing scratches and damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If body panels are stored during maintenance without proper support structure, then storage simplicity is improved, but body panels are damaged due to lack of protection
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is designed to copy the structural configuration of an actual motorcycle, with tubes positioned to match the motorcycle's frame geometry. This allows body panels to be supported in their natural mounting positions, providing protection while maintaining storage simplicity. The copy structure enables panels to be held securely without complex fixtures.
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame uses adjustable rollers that can change position along the tubular structure, allowing the support parameters to be modified based on different body panel sizes and weights. This adaptability provides protection for various panel types while keeping the storage system simple and versatile.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a motorcycle frame-like structure is used to support body panels, then body panel protection is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is designed as a universal structure that can accommodate multiple types of body panels (fairings, saddlebags, tanks) simultaneously. The same tubular framework provides support for different panel configurations, reducing the need for multiple specialized fixtures and thereby reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame uses thin-walled tubular structures that provide sufficient structural support while minimizing material usage and complexity. The tubes act as flexible yet sturdy supports that can be easily assembled and configured, providing effective protection without requiring heavy or complex framing.
3Ease of operation
If rollers are added to the frame for mobility, then ease of movement is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The roller units are designed to be self-contained components that attach to and detach from the frame without requiring additional tools or complex mechanisms. Each roller unit independently provides mobility functionality, and the entire system can be moved by simple manual pushing, making the complexity worthwhile for the significant ease of operation gained.
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AI summary
A motorcycle parts support device for supporting body panels of a motorcycle includes a frame has a series of interconnecting tubes which are strategically oriented with each other such that the frame resembles a structural frame of a motorcycle. In this way the series of interconnecting tubes can support a pair of saddle bags of a motorcycle, a seat of a motorcycle, a fuel tank of a motorcycle, a pair of side farings of a motorcycle and a storage box of a motorcycle. A front faring mount is attached to the series of interconnecting tubes to support a front faring of the motorcycle. A rear roller unit and a front roller unit is each attached to a respective one of the series of interconnected tubes to roll along a support surface.