Scissor-Link Load Balancing for Vehicle Platform Tilt Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing load balancing systems for transport vehicles fail to completely prevent unbalanced loads, leading to residual tilt angles and increased wear on tires, brakes, and other components, and pose a risk of overturning.
Innovation Solution
A load balancing system using crossed scissor-like rods with telescoping structures that convert platform tilt into a lowering movement towards the axle, maintaining horizontal alignment during turns, reducing the risk of overturning and wear.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If stabilizer bars are used to correct unbalancing loads, then some stabilization is achieved, but a residual tilt angle remains relative to the axle
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic elements (telescopic rods with variable length) that can adjust in real-time to completely eliminate platform tilt, rather than using fixed stabilizer bars that only provide partial correction. The telescopic mechanism allows continuous adjustment to maintain perfect horizontal alignment under varying load conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the parameter of rod length in the balancing mechanism, allowing the rods to extend or retract to precisely counteract any tilt angle. This parameter variation enables complete elimination of residual tilt, achieving perfect platform alignment that stabilizer bars cannot provide.
2Reliability
If stabilizer bars are used to minimize unbalancing, then some correction is provided, but the risk of overturning remains
Solution Approach 1:
The balancing system with telescopic rods applies a preliminary counteracting force to completely prevent platform tilt before it can lead to overturning. By actively adjusting rod length to counterbalance loads, the system eliminates the harmful tilt effect entirely, rather than merely minimizing it as stabilizer bars do.
3Reliability
If stabilizer bars are used to correct unbalancing, then some stabilization is achieved, but increased wear occurs on tires, brakes, and shock absorbers
Solution Approach 1:
The telescopic rod system automatically adjusts itself to maintain perfect platform horizontal alignment, eliminating the harmful tilt effects that cause increased wear on tires, brakes, and shock absorbers. This self-adjusting mechanism provides complete load balancing without the residual negative effects that plague stabilizer bar systems.
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 system effectively maintains horizontal alignment and reduces wear on tires, brakes, and other components by transforming tilt into a lowering movement, thereby preventing overturning and enhancing component durability.
Implementation Method 1
transforming the tilt of the platform into a lowering movement thereof or a movement towards the axle of the wheels
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AI summary
A vehicle provided with a scissor-like system for balancing the loads on the platform of the vehicle, which comprises two rods (7,8;17,18) mutually crossed over and pivoted, on the crossing point, to a pin (9,19) fixed to the platform (2) or to the axle (4) of the wheels (5) of said vehicle (1), wherein the ends of said rods (7,8;17,18) are mounted sliding and/or rotating on the aforesaid platform (2) and on the axle (4) of the wheels (5). Compared to prior art systems, used to correct the unbalancing of loads on the platforms of vehicles, the system of the vehicle according to the present invention offers the advantage of transforming the tilt of the platform into a lowering movement thereof or a movement thereof towards the axle of the wheels, preserving the desired horizontal alignment even when the vehicle travels around curves or on stretches of roads on a slope.