Parking Platform Grid Layout With Fewer Drives and Sensors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parking facilities are complex and costly due to the high number of drives and sensors required for vertical and horizontal transport, as well as complex movement sequences.
Innovation Solution
A parking facility design with movable parking platforms that utilize a combination of lifting grids for vertical transport and transverse grids for horizontal transport, minimizing the number of drives and sensors by functionally splitting the movement functions to the lifting grids, using tracks and actuators for smooth guidance, and optimizing platform positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a parking facility uses separate drives for both vertical and horizontal transport of parking platforms, then the transport functions can be performed, but the number of drives and sensors increases, leading to high complexity and cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines horizontal and vertical transport functions into a single integrated drive system. The drive unit can selectively execute horizontal movement along parking grids and vertical movement between parking levels through a unified mechanism, eliminating the need for separate drives for each direction and reducing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The drive unit is designed as a universal mechanism that performs multiple functions: it can move parking platforms horizontally across different parking grids and vertically between different parking levels. This multi-functional design reduces the total number of drives required while maintaining full transport capability
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple drives are used for vertical and horizontal transport, then movement control is achieved, but the cost and complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drive unit incorporates dynamic control capabilities that allow it to adapt its movement direction and target position based on real-time system state. The control system dynamically determines whether horizontal or vertical movement is needed and executes the appropriate motion sequence, providing versatile movement control with a single drive mechanism
3Use of energy by moving object
If parking platforms are moved horizontally on tracks, then horizontal displacement is achieved with less force and energy, but the tracks must be designed to accommodate vertical movement through lifting grids
Solution Approach 1:
The parking facility is divided into modular components: horizontal tracks for lateral movement and vertical lifting grids for elevation. The tracks are designed as separate horizontal elements that can be independently configured, while lifting grids provide vertical transport. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function, reducing overall system complexity
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 reduces complexity, lowers costs, and ensures reliable operation with fewer drives and sensors, enabling efficient and energy-saving horizontal and vertical movements of parking platforms.
Implementation Method 1
the parking platforms are mounted so that they can roll on tracks of the parking levels
Implementation Method 2
the parking platforms are driven movably by a vertical drive vertically through the lifting grid
Implementation Method 3
the track is designed as an openable track, in particular is designed as an openable track in such a way that it can be moved out of the vertical projection (or the movement path) of a parking platform moving vertically through the lifting grid
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to a parking facility for vehicles, having parking platforms which are arranged so as to be movable in at least two parking levels arranged above one another and in at least two parking grids arranged next to one another. At least one of the parking grids is a lifting grid in which the parking platforms are vertically movable via a vertical drive. At least one of the parking grids is a transverse grid in which the parking platforms are driven and/or mounted so as not to be vertically movable. The parking platforms are mounted so as to be horizontally movable on tracks of the parking levels and are driven via a transverse drive so as to be movable horizontally into the or at least one of the lifting grids.