Movable Marine Cabin with Rolling Wheels and Latching System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Marine vessels face challenges in balancing cabin placement for optimal maneuverability and stability, as a forward-positioned cabin reduces space and affects vessel performance, while an aft-positioned cabin improves stability but restricts deck space, and existing securing methods are inadequate for rigid mounting and fluid conduit management.
Innovation Solution
A marine vessel design featuring a longitudinally movable cabin with rolling wheels and a latching system, including solenoids and latch plates, along with a locking system using lock pins and a flexible umbilical for power and control conduits, allowing adjustable and secure positioning of the cabin to optimize space and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the cabin is positioned forward on the deck, then the vessel achieves improved maneuverability and stability, but the available deck space is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cabin is made movable along the deck via rolling wheels and positioning mechanisms, allowing it to be dynamically repositioned between forward positions (improving stability) and aft positions (maximizing deck space) based on operational requirements, thus resolving the static trade-off between stability and space
2Area of stationary object
If the cabin is positioned aft on the deck, then maximum deck space is available, but vessel stability and maneuverability are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The cabin can be moved to an aft position to maximize deck space when needed, but can also be repositioned forward to improve stability, allowing the vessel to dynamically adapt its configuration based on operational priorities between space utilization and stability
3Reliability
If the cabin is rigidly mounted to the hull, then secure positioning is achieved, but adaptability and flexibility in positioning are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The cabin mounting system combines movable rolling wheels for repositioning with latching mechanisms (solenoids, latch plates, lock pins) that provide secure rigid mounting when positioned, enabling the cabin to be both movable for adaptability and securely fixed for reliability when needed
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning system is divided into separate functional components: rolling wheels for movement, latching mechanisms for securing, and locking systems for final fixation, allowing the cabin to transition between movable and securely fixed states while maintaining both adaptability and reliability
4Ease of manufacture
If existing securing methods are used, then simple installation is achieved, but inadequate secure mounting and fluid conduit management occur
Solution Approach 1:
The securing system is segmented into modular components (rolling wheels, latching mechanisms with solenoids, latch plates, lock pins, and malleable bumpers) that can be independently installed and maintained, providing reliable secure mounting while keeping the overall system manageable and relatively simple to implement
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables flexible and secure cabin positioning, maximizing deck space and improving vessel stability and maneuverability by allowing the cabin to be positioned optimally along the deck, while maintaining secure connections to the hull for control and propulsion systems.
Implementation Method 1
each solenoid has a pressure rod extending therefrom which selectively contacts the deck when the solenoid is actuated
Implementation Method 2
The rolling wheels roll upon the deck and allow longitudinal movement of the vessel cabin between the aft region and the forward region
Implementation Method 3
The locking system in one example comprising: at least one lock pin attached to the cabin so as to be vertically repositioned relative to the cabin; a surface in the deck defining at least one lock pin receiver for each lock pin; and wherein each lock pin engages a lock pin receiver and prohibits horizontal movement of the cabin relative to the deck
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a marine vessel, which in one example comprises a hull with a substantially continuous deck. Also disclosed is a plurality of parallel longitudinally aligned channels extending from the forward deck to the aft deck. The vessel having a vessel cabin resting on and longitudinally movable upon the deck. The vessel cabin having a plurality of rolling wheels attached thereto; wherein the rolling wheels roll upon the deck and allow longitudinal movement of the vessel cabin between the aft region and the forward region. A drive unit (motor) may be provided. The drive unit optionally mounted to the cabin and in one example having a drive wheel mounted to the drive unit and configured to rotate the drive wheel. The drive wheel(s) contacting the deck such that rotation of the drive wheel repositions the cabin longitudinally between the aft region and the forward region.