Rotatable Elevator Platform for Compact Multi-Tier Parking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing multi-tier parking garages face difficulties in allowing easy entry and exit of vehicles due to complex mechanized means for vehicle displacement without rotating wheels, which complicates driving and increases the risk of damage or injury from open passages in the temporary parking bays.

Innovation Solution

A compact parking garage design where the elevator platform is rotatable to align vehicles for easy entry and exit, integrating mechanized means for vehicle displacement within the elevator structure, allowing vehicles to be driven in and out in a forward direction and reducing the risk of damage by filling projections in the temporary parking wheel supports.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If mechanized means for vehicle displacement without rotating wheels are used, then vehicle storage compactness is improved, but device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevehicle storage compactnessVSAvoidmechanized means complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system is divided into distinct functional segments: the elevator platform for vertical transport, the rotatable mechanism for orientation adjustment, and the temporary parking bays for vehicle storage. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining compact storage capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of using complex mechanized means to move vehicles without rotating wheels, the invention inverts the approach by allowing vehicles to be driven onto a rotatable platform that then rotates to deliver vehicles to different locations. This simplifies the mechanism by using the vehicle's own driving capability combined with platform rotation rather than complex wheel-less displacement mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Volume of moving object

If complex mechanized means for vehicle displacement are used, then vehicle storage compactness is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to difficult entry and exit

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevehicle storage compactnessVSAvoidvehicle entry and exit ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system inverts the traditional approach by having vehicles drive onto a rotatable platform in forward direction, and the platform rotates to deliver vehicles to exit paths where they can also exit in forward direction. This eliminates the need for complex mechanized displacement means and makes entry and exit straightforward operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The elevator platform incorporates a rotatable mechanism that dynamically adjusts the orientation of vehicles during transfer between entrance and exit paths. This dynamic rotation capability allows the system to adapt vehicle orientation to different path configurations, simplifying entry and exit operations while maintaining compact storage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of operation

If open passages in temporary parking bays are used, then vehicle access is simplified, but safety deteriorates due to risk of damage or injury

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevehicle access easeVSAvoidrisk of damage or injury

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides preliminary guidance to vehicles through the rotatable platform mechanism, which pre-positions vehicles correctly on the temporary parking bays. This preliminary orientation adjustment eliminates the need for vehicles to navigate open passages independently, thereby preventing potential damage or injury while maintaining easy access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The rotatable platform acts as an intermediary between the entrance path and temporary parking bays, and between the exit path and parking bays. This intermediary mechanism safely transfers vehicles, eliminating direct interaction with potentially hazardous open passages while maintaining simplified vehicle access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11214975B2Compact multi-tier parking garage and method for storing vehicles in such a parking garage

Publication Date: 2022.01.04 KAPPE INTERMEDIAIR BV

AI summary

Compact multi-tier parking garage (1) and method for storing vehicles (6) in such a parking garage. A multi-tier parking garage for vehicles having at least one tier (3) with at least one parking space (2) for one parked vehicle, an elevator (5) having an elevator platform (7) for supporting a vehicle movable between at least two positions, vertically aligned with the tier for allowing a vehicle to be transferred from the elevator platform to the parking space of the tier and from the parking space to the elevator platform. The elevator platform is rotatable to positions aligned with an entry (24) and an exit (25) such that vehicles can enter and leave driving in a forward direction.